About the Authors

Andrés Ruiz-Linares

a.ruizlin@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kaustubh Adhikari

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Victor Acuña-Alonzo

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute of Anthropology and History, México City, México

Mirsha Quinto-Sanchez

Affiliation Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Argentina

Claudia Jaramillo

Affiliation Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

William Arias

Affiliation Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Macarena Fuentes

Affiliation Instituto de Alta Investigación Universidad de Tarapacá, Programa de Genética Humana ICBM Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile and Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto, Arica, Chile

María Pizarro

Affiliation Instituto de Alta Investigación Universidad de Tarapacá, Programa de Genética Humana ICBM Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile and Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto, Arica, Chile

Paola Everardo

Affiliations National Institute of Anthropology and History, México City, México, Facultad de Medicina and Facultad de Química, UNAM, México City, México

Francisco de Avila

Affiliations National Institute of Anthropology and History, México City, México, Facultad de Medicina and Facultad de Química, UNAM, México City, México

Jorge Gómez-Valdés

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina and Facultad de Química, UNAM, México City, México

Paola León-Mimila

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina and Facultad de Química, UNAM, México City, México

Tábita Hunemeier

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Virginia Ramallo

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Caio C. Silva de Cerqueira

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Mari-Wyn Burley

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Esra Konca

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Marcelo Zagonel de Oliveira

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Mauricio Roberto Veronez

Affiliation Remote Sensing and Digital Imaging Laboratory, Graduate Program on Geology, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University, São Leopoldo, Brazil

Marta Rubio-Codina

Affiliation The Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, United Kingdom

Orazio Attanasio

Affiliations The Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, United Kingdom, Department of Economics, University College London, United Kingdom

Sahra Gibbon

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nicolas Ray

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Carouge, Switzerland

Carla Gallo

Affiliation Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Perúana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Giovanni Poletti

Affiliation Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Perúana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Javier Rosique

Affiliation Departamento de Antropología. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Lavinia Schuler-Faccini

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Francisco M. Salzano

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Maria-Cátira Bortolini

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Samuel Canizales-Quinteros

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina and Facultad de Química, UNAM, México City, México, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México

Francisco Rothhammer

Affiliation Instituto de Alta Investigación Universidad de Tarapacá, Programa de Genética Humana ICBM Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile and Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto, Arica, Chile

Gabriel Bedoya

Affiliation Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

David Balding

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Rolando Gonzalez-José

Affiliation Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARL RGJ DB GB JR CG GP FR JGV VAA SG. Performed the experiments: CJ WA VAA MQS MF MP PE GP FdA JGV PLM TH VR CCSdC MWB EK. Analyzed the data: ARL KA RGJ MQS MZdO MRV MRC OA NR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJ WA GB MF MP PE FdA JGV PLM VAA TH VR CCSdC MWB LSF FMS MCB SCQ. Wrote the paper: ARL KA.