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  • noun Plural form of Nganasan.

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  • The new DNA evidence, presented online today by the journal Nature, shows that Inuk's closest relatives are not the ancestors of today's Native Americans and Inuits, but three Arctic peoples of the Siberian Far East: the Nganasans, Koryaks, and Chukchis.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • The new DNA evidence, presented online today by the journal Nature, shows that Inuk's closest relatives are not the ancestors of today's Native Americans and Inuits, but three Arctic peoples of the Siberian Far East: the Nganasans, Koryaks, and Chukchis.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Surprisingly, the ancient eskimo proved to be most closely related to three Old World Arctic populations: the Nganasans, Koryaks and Chukchis of the Siberian far east.

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2010

  • He said that the analysis also showed that the man was most closely related to three Old World Arctic populations - the Nganasans, Koryaks and Chukchis of the Siberian far east rather than American eskimos.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The new DNA evidence, presented online today by the journal Nature, shows that Inuk's closest relatives are not the ancestors of today's Native Americans and Inuits, but three Arctic peoples of the Siberian Far East: the Nganasans, Koryaks, and Chukchis.

    Analysis 2010

  • Importantly, the PC1 versus PC2 plot shows that the Saqqaq individual falls in the vicinity of three Old World Arctic populations-Nganasans, Koryaks and Chukchis, while being more distantly related to the New World groups (Amerinds, Na-Dene and Greenland Inuit).

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Morten Rasmussen 2010

  • The Nganasans inhabit the Taimyr Peninsula, some 2,000 km from the Bering Strait and are the northernmost living Old World population.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Morten Rasmussen 2010

  • Additionally, the ancient genomic data prove important in addressing past demographic history by unambiguously showing close relationship between Saqqaq and Old World Arctic populations (Nganasans, Koryaks and Chukchis).

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Morten Rasmussen 2010

  • Koryaks and Nganasans-were 0.093, 0.11 and 0.089, respectively.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Morten Rasmussen 2010

  • The new DNA evidence, presented online today by the journal Nature, shows that Inuk's closest relatives are not the ancestors of today's Native Americans and Inuits, but three Arctic peoples of the Siberian Far East: the Nganasans, Koryaks, and Chukchis.

    Analysis 2010

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