About the Authors

Paul Verdu

Affiliation CNRS-MNHN-University Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR7206 Eco-Anthropology and Ethno-Biology, Paris, France

Trevor J. Pemberton

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Romain Laurent

Affiliation CNRS-MNHN-University Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR7206 Eco-Anthropology and Ethno-Biology, Paris, France

Brian M. Kemp

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Angelica Gonzalez-Oliver

Affiliation Departmento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Clara Gorodezky

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Immunogenetics, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretary of Health, Mexico City, Mexico

Cris E. Hughes

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Milena R. Shattuck

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Barbara Petzelt

Affiliation Metlakatla Treaty Office, Metlakatla, British Columbia, Canada

Joycelynn Mitchell

Affiliation Metlakatla Treaty Office, Metlakatla, British Columbia, Canada

Harold Harry

Affiliation Stswecem'c/Xgat'tem Band, British Columbia, Canada

Theresa William

Affiliation Splatsin Band Office, Enderby, British Columbia, Canada

Rosita Worl

Affiliation Seaalaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

Jerome S. Cybulski

Affiliation Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Noah A. Rosenberg

noahr@stanford.edu (NAR); malhi@illinois.edu (RSM)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Ripan S. Malhi

noahr@stanford.edu (NAR); malhi@illinois.edu (RSM)

Affiliations Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAR RSM. Performed the experiments: CEH MRS. Analyzed the data: PV TJP RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAR RSM. Wrote the paper: PV TJP RSM NAR RL. Collected the samples and organized community visits: RSM JSC BMK RW AGO CG BP JM HH TW. Discussed and interpreted the results: PV TJP RSM NAR RL BMK JSC.