Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific

Pontus Skoglund (), Cosimo Posth, Kendra Sirak, Matthew Spriggs, Frederique Valentin, Stuart Bedford, Geoffrey R. Clark, Christian Reepmeyer, Fiona Petchey, Daniel Fernandes, Qiaomei Fu, Eadaoin Harney, Mark Lipson, Swapan Mallick, Mario Novak, Nadin Rohland, Kristin Stewardson, Syafiq Abdullah, Murray P. Cox, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Toomas Kivisild, George Koki, Pradiptajati Kusuma, D. Andrew Merriwether, Francois-X. Ricaut, Joseph T. S. Wee, Nick Patterson, Johannes Krause, Ron Pinhasi () and David Reich ()
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Pontus Skoglund: Harvard Medical School
Cosimo Posth: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen
Kendra Sirak: School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
Matthew Spriggs: School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Frederique Valentin: Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, CNRS, UMR 7041
Stuart Bedford: Vanuatu National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
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
Qiaomei Fu: Harvard Medical School
Eadaoin Harney: Harvard Medical School
Mark Lipson: Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick: Harvard Medical School
Mario Novak: School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
Nadin Rohland: Harvard Medical School
Kristin Stewardson: 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
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

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7626, 510-513

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.

Date: 2016
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