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The origins and genetic distinctiveness of the Chamorros of the Marianas Islands: an mtDNA perspective.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Vilar Miguel G, Chan Chim W, Santos Dana R, Lynch Daniel, Spathis Rita, Garruto Ralph M, Lum J Koji
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BACKGROUND: Archaeological and linguistic evidence suggests the Marianas Islands were settled around 3,600 years before present (ybp) from Island Southeast Asia (ISEA). Around 1,000 ybp latte stone pillars and the first evidence of rice cultivation appear in the Marianas. Both traditions are absent in the rest of prehistoric Oceania. OBJECTIVE: To examine the genetic origins and postsettlement gene flow of...
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