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Acknowledgments We dedicate this paper to the memory of Douglas H. Batzer. Special thanks go to Thomas A. Breslin for his expertise in the history of Chinese science. We are grateful to all the individuals from the different populations who contributed to this study. We thank D. Ceballos, M. Ceballos, P. Ioannou, G.M. Troup, J.R. Kidd, R.M. Fourney, I. Balazs, E. Berminghan, and C. Kolman for samples. The technical assistance of Oriana Batista in the analysis of the Ngobe population is highly acknowledged. We thank Frank Verde and Rafael Diaz for their editorial assistance. This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health through grant RR08205 awarded to R.J. Herrera and grant RO1 HG 00770 awarded to P.L. Deininger and by the National Science Foundation through grant BNS 90-20567 awarded to M. Stoneking.

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