▁hair s ▁in ▁back ▁which ▁were ▁never ▁cut . ▁Columb us ▁reported ▁seeing ▁sc ars ▁on ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁men , ▁which ▁were ▁explained ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁resulting ▁from ▁attempts ▁by ▁men ▁from ▁other ▁islands ▁to ▁capture ▁them . ▁ ▁Gen et ics ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁research ers ▁successfully ▁extracted ▁DNA ▁from ▁a ▁to oth ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁bur ial ▁context ▁in ▁Pre acher ' s ▁C ave ▁on ▁Ele uth era ▁Island . ▁The ▁to oth ▁was ▁directly ▁dated ▁to ▁around ▁ 7 7 6 – 9 9 2 ▁AD . ▁Gen etic ▁analysis ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁to oth ▁belonged ▁to ▁a ▁woman . ▁When ▁compared ▁against ▁contemporary ▁populations , ▁the ▁ancient ▁individual ▁shows ▁closest ▁gen etic ▁aff inity ▁to ▁A raw ak an ▁speak ers ▁from ▁the ▁Amazon ▁and ▁Or in oco ▁Bas ins , ▁with ▁closest ▁aff inity ▁to ▁the ▁Pal ik ur . ▁The ▁individual ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁m t D NA ▁H ap lo group ▁B 2 . ▁ ▁Custom s ▁Luc ay an ▁society ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁descent ▁through ▁the ▁mother ' s ▁line , ▁which ▁was ▁typical ▁of ▁T ain o ▁culture ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁The ▁Spanish ▁reported ▁that ▁a ▁woman ▁res ided ▁with ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁family , ▁but ▁Ke eg an ▁arg ues ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁pat ril ocal ▁residence ▁in ▁the ▁strict ▁sense , ▁but ▁rather ▁residence ▁in ▁the ▁husband ' s ▁uncle ' s ▁household ▁( av un cul ocal ▁residence ).