160. Blood Groups of South American Indian Mummies

Abstract

In muscle tissue obtained from 5 S. American mummies, the following antigens were present: mummy no. 1 ADCc; no. 2 ADC; no. 3 OCEc;no. 4 ODc; no. 5 ADC. Nos. 1 and 2 were PreColumbian, the remainder either of the late Chimu or the Inca period. Bloodgroup A thus occurred in the American Indian before the European penetration.