Anthropology May 5, 2017 Forensics (Northbrook, Ill., May 4) – A study of the DNA of the nameless people who died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexican border indicates they have disproportionately greater Native American ancestry than European genetics. The complex racial history of Mexico complicates what is happening along the border, says Cris Hughes, a professor of anthropology at Illinois who is one of the study’s authors. May 5, 2017 Tags Tags Hughes Related Articles