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Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific

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  • Pontus Skoglund

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University)

  • Cosimo Posth

    (Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Kendra Sirak

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
    Emory University)

  • Matthew Spriggs

    (School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University
    Vanuatu National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre)

  • Frederique Valentin

    (Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, CNRS, UMR 7041)

  • Stuart Bedford

    (Vanuatu National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
    College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University)

  • Geoffrey R. Clark

    (College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University)

  • Christian Reepmeyer

    (College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University)

  • Fiona Petchey

    (Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, University of Waikato)

  • Daniel Fernandes

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
    CIAS, University of Coimbra)

  • Qiaomei Fu

    (Harvard Medical School
    Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, IVPP, CAS
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Eadaoin Harney

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

  • Mark Lipson

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Swapan Mallick

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

  • Mario Novak

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
    Institute for Anthropological Research)

  • Nadin Rohland

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Kristin Stewardson

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Syafiq Abdullah

    (RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan)

  • Murray P. Cox

    (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University)

  • Françoise R. Friedlaender

    (Independent Scientist, Sharon)

  • Jonathan S. Friedlaender

    (Temple University, Gladfelter Hall)

  • Toomas Kivisild

    (Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group
    University of Cambridge)

  • George Koki

    (Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research)

  • Pradiptajati Kusuma

    (Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology)

  • D. Andrew Merriwether

    (Binghamton University)

  • Francois-X. Ricaut

    (Evolutionary Medicine Group, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse UMR 5288 CNRS, Université de Toulouse)

  • Joseph T. S. Wee

    (National Cancer Centre Singapore)

  • Nick Patterson

    (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

  • Johannes Krause

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Ron Pinhasi

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin)

  • David Reich

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

Analysis of ancient DNA from four individuals who lived in Vanuatu and Tonga between 2,300 and 3,100 years ago suggests that the Papuan ancestry seen in present-day occupants of this region was introduced at a later date.

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  • Pontus Skoglund & Cosimo Posth & Kendra Sirak & Matthew Spriggs & Frederique Valentin & Stuart Bedford & Geoffrey R. Clark & Christian Reepmeyer & Fiona Petchey & Daniel Fernandes & Qiaomei Fu & Eadao, 2016. "Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific," Nature, Nature, vol. 538(7626), pages 510-513, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:538:y:2016:i:7626:d:10.1038_nature19844
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19844
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    1. Selina Carlhoff & Wibhu Kutanan & Adam B. Rohrlach & Cosimo Posth & Mark Stoneking & Kathrin Nägele & Rasmi Shoocongdej & Johannes Krause, 2023. "Genomic portrait and relatedness patterns of the Iron Age Log Coffin culture in northwestern Thailand," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.

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