Southerton argues that the Asian ancestry identified in Native American genetic studies conflicts with the Israelite ancestry taught in longstanding readings of the Book of Mormon. In his joint Anthropology News article with Murphy, he treats the proposed ancient Middle Eastern origin of the principal ancestors of American Indians as inconsistent with mitochondrial DNA evidence.
- Simon G. Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Signature Books, 2004).
- Thomas W. Murphy and Simon G. Southerton, “Genetic Research a ‘Galileo Event’ for Mormons,” Anthropology News 44, no. 2 (2003): 20.