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Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania

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  • Irina M. Velsko

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Zandra Fagernäs

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Globe Institute)

  • Monica Tromp

    (Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology
    University of Otago
    University of Otago)

  • Stuart Bedford

    (The Australian National University
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Hallie R. Buckley

    (University of Otago)

  • Geoffrey Clark

    (The Australian National University)

  • John Dudgeon

    (Idaho State University)

  • James Flexner

    (University of Sydney)

  • Jean-Christophe Galipaud

    (Research Institute for Development and National Museum of Natural History)

  • Rebecca Kinaston

    (BioArch South)

  • Cecil M. Lewis

    (University of Oklahoma)

  • Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

    (University of Otago)

  • Kathrin Nägele

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Andrew T. Ozga

    (Nova Southeastern University)

  • Cosimo Posth

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    University of Tübingen
    Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen)

  • Adam B. Rohrlach

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    The University of Adelaide)

  • Richard Shing

    (Vanuatu Cultural Centre)

  • Truman Simanjuntak

    (National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology)

  • Matthew Spriggs

    (Vanuatu Cultural Centre
    The Australian National University)

  • Anatauarii Tamarii

    (Direction de la Culture et du Patrimoine)

  • Frédérique Valentin

    (MSH Mondes)

  • Edson Willie

    (Vanuatu Cultural Centre)

  • Christina Warinner

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Friedrich Schiller University
    Leibniz Institute for Infection Biology and Natural Products Research Hans Knoll Institute
    Harvard University)

Abstract

The Pacific islands and Island Southeast Asia have experienced multiple waves of human migrations, providing a case study for exploring the potential of ancient microbiomes to study human migration. We perform a metagenomic study of archaeological dental calculus from 102 individuals, originating from 10 Pacific islands and 1 island in Island Southeast Asia spanning ~3000 years. Oral microbiome DNA preservation in calculus is far higher than that of human DNA in archaeological bone, and comparable to that of calculus from temperate regions. Oral microbial community composition is minimally driven by time period and geography in Pacific and Island Southeast Asia calculus, but is found to be distinctive compared to calculus from Europe, Africa, and Asia. Phylogenies of individual bacterial species in Pacific and Island Southeast Asia calculus reflect geography. Archaeological dental calculus shows good preservation in tropical regions and the potential to yield information about past human migrations, complementing studies of the human genome.

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  • Irina M. Velsko & Zandra Fagernäs & Monica Tromp & Stuart Bedford & Hallie R. Buckley & Geoffrey Clark & John Dudgeon & James Flexner & Jean-Christophe Galipaud & Rebecca Kinaston & Cecil M. Lewis & E, 2024. "Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-53920-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53920-z
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