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A mitochondrial stratigraphy for island southeast Asia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Hill Catherine, Soares Pedro, Mormina Maru, Macaulay Vincent, Clarke Dougie, Blumbach Petya B, Vizuete-Forster Matthieu, Forster Peter, Bulbeck David, Oppenheimer Stephen, Richards Martin
Abstract excerpt
Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) was first colonized by modern humans at least 45,000 years ago, but the extent to which the modern inhabitants trace their ancestry to the first settlers is a matter of debate. It is widely held, in both archaeology and linguistics, that they are largely descended from a second wave of dispersal, proto-Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists who originated in China and spread to Taiwan...
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