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Southeast Asian origins of five Hill Tribe populations and correlation of genetic to linguistic relationships inferred with genome-wide SNP data.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Feb 2011
Listman J B, Malison R T, Sanichwankul K, Ittiwut C, Mutirangura A, Gelernter J
Abstract excerpt
In Thailand, the term Hill Tribe is used to describe populations whose members traditionally practice slash and burn agriculture and reside in the mountains. These tribes are thought to have migrated throughout Asia for up to 5,000 years, including migrations through Southern China and/or Southeast Asia. There have been continuous migrations southward from China into Thailand for approximately the past thousand...
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