Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers
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Liu, Yue-Chen; Hunter-Anderson, Rosalind; Cheronet, Olivia; Eakin, Joanne; Camacho, Frank; Pietrusewsky, Michael; Rohland, Nadin; Ioannidis, Alexander; Athens, J. Stephen; Toomay Douglas, Michele; Ikehara-Quebral, Rona Michi; Bernardos, Rebecca; Culleton, Brendan J.; Mah, Matthew; Adamski, Nicole; Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen; Callen, Kimberly; Lawson, Ann Marie; Mandl, Kirsten; Michel, Megan; Oppenheimer, Jonas; Stewardson, Kristin; Zalzala, Fatma; Kidd, Kenneth; Kidd, Judith; Schurr, Theodore G.; Auckland, Kathryn; Hill, Adrian S. V.; Mentzer, Alexander J.; Quinto-Cortés, Consuelo D.; Robson, Kathryn; Kennett, Douglas J; Patterson, Nick; Bustamante, Carlos D.; Moreno-Estrada, Andrés; Spriggs, Matthew; Vilar, Miguel; Lipson, Mark; Pinhasi, Ron; Reich, David
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Micronesia began to be peopled earlier than other parts of Remote Oceania, but the origins of its inhabitants remain unclear. We generated genome-wide data from 164 ancient and 112 modern individuals. Analysis reveals five migratory streams into Micronesia. Three are East Asian related, one is Polynesian, and a fifth is a Papuan source related to mainland New Guineans that is different from the New Britain–related Papuan source for southwest Pacific populations but is similarly derived from...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2022 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316386 |
Source: | Science |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.abm6536 |
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