The 6,000-Year-Old People Found Near Bogotá — And The DNA Test That Revealed A Native American Lineage That Vanished From The Genetic Record
The genes did not.
This finding illustrates a pattern that ancient DNA research has documented repeatedly in various parts of the world: cultural transformation and genetic replacement are not always linked.
People can change their cultural practices dramatically while maintaining biological continuity with their predecessors.
Conversely, major genetic changes — as occurred between the Checua and Herrera periods — can accompany cultural change, but this is not inevitable.
The Muisca case is an example of cultural elaboration without genetic discontinuity.
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