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Evolutionary history of continental southeast Asians: "early train" hypothesis based on genetic analysis of mitochondrial and autosomal DNA data.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2012
Jinam Timothy A, Hong Lih-Chun, Phipps Maude E, Stoneking Mark, Ameen Mahmood, Edo Juli, Saitou Naruya
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The population history of the indigenous populations in island Southeast Asia is generally accepted to have been shaped by two major migrations: the ancient "Out of Africa" migration ∼50,000 years before present (YBP) and the relatively recent "Out of Taiwan" expansion of Austronesian agriculturalists approximately 5,000 YBP. The Negritos are believed to have originated from the ancient migration, whereas the...
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