Response to Archaeogenetics, Epistemology, and the Peopling of the Americas
Potter et al. (2026b) ascribe to us positions we do not hold, misrepresent a number of the arguments we have made, and make a number of factual errors. We briefly address these.
Authors
- David J. Meltzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-9802)
- Thomaz Pinotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-143X)
- Eske Willerslev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-6748)
- Peter D. Heintzman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-0219)
- J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-4496)
- Mikkel Winther Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-8887)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Southern Methodist University (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Centre for Palaeogenetics (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PaleoAmerica
- Published
- 2026-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2026.2755699
- Primary Topic
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00