Population Turnover in Remote Oceania Shortly after Initial Settlement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.051
Abstract: Ancient DNA from Vanuatu and Tonga dating to about 2,900-2,600 years ago (before present, BP) has revealed that the "First Remote Oceanians" associated with the Lapita archaeological culture were directly descended from the population that,… read more here.
Keywords: papuan ancestry; remote oceania; ancestry; population turnover ... See more keywords
The Gateway from Near into Remote Oceania: New Insights from Genome-Wide Data
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx333
Abstract: Abstract A widely accepted two‐wave scenario of human settlement of Oceania involves the first out‐of‐Africa migration circa 50,000 years ago (ya), and the more recent Austronesian expansion, which reached the Bismarck Archipelago by 3,450 ya.… read more here.
Keywords: genome wide; gateway near; oceania new; remote oceania ... See more keywords