Ancient Americas
Historical Timeline
Analyzing your genetic similarity to ancient American reference samples...
Preparing your genetic-similarity report
The Americas hold many distinct histories, shaped by migrations, local adaptation, and great cultural diversity.
10Periods scored
484Dated matches
12,233Years spanned by your matches
WoodlandStrongest similarity (73/100)
Periods and individuals through time
Bands show the periods scored in this report, with your similarity score for each. Portraits mark matched ancient individuals at their estimated date; the crown marks your closest match. Select a portrait to see details. The tables below carry the same information as text.
Your matches in chronological order
Period similarity scores
Fit-weighted affinity to each period's reference populations on a 0 to 100 scale. Values are similarity scores and do not add up to your ancestry.
| Period | Dates | Similarity | About this period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleoindian | 16,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE | 0/100 | The earliest peopling of the Americas. |
| Archaic | 8,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE | 0/100 | Diverse post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities. |
| Arctic | 4,000 BCE to 1,500 CE | 5/100 | Arctic and sub-Arctic population histories. |
| Andean | 3,000 BCE to 1,500 CE | 0/100 | Andean highland population histories. |
| Formative | 2,000 BCE to 250 CE | 0/100 | Early village and agricultural societies. |
| Woodland | 1,000 BCE to 1,000 CE | 73/100 | Eastern North American Woodland traditions. |
| Caribbean Ceramic | 500 BCE to 1,500 CE | 15/100 | Taino, Saladoid, and related Arawak-speaking seafaring cultures of the Caribbean islands. |
| Classic | 250 CE to 900 CE | 0/100 | Classic-period urban civilizations. |
| Post-Classic | 900 CE to 1,500 CE | 6/100 | Late pre-contact states and societies. |
| Colonial | 1,492 CE to 1,900 CE | 0/100 | Population history from European contact and colonization. |