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by ijlx 1629 days ago
Greenland may have been inhabited for 5000 years, but that does not mean they share a genetic heritage back that long.

The Thule people, from whom modern indigenous Greenlanders descend, originated around 1000 CE in Alaska.

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I'm pretty sure the Inuit diets in Alaska and Greenland are pretty similar though, at least in terms of macronutrients (i.e. a lot of fat).
The diets are the same and the Alaskan Inuit also carry the SI deficiency alleles.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25452324/