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Resolving the ancestry of Austronesian-speaking populations.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2016
Soares Pedro A, Trejaut Jean A, Rito Teresa, Cavadas Bruno, Hill Catherine, Eng Ken Khong, Mormina Maru, Brandão Andreia, Fraser Ross M, Wang Tse-Yi, Loo Jun-Hun, Snell Christopher, Ko Tsang-Ming, Amorim António, Pala Maria, Macaulay Vincent, Bulbeck David, Wilson James F, Gusmão Leonor, Pereira Luísa, Oppenheimer Stephen, Lin Marie, Richards Martin B
Abstract excerpt
There are two very different interpretations of the prehistory of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA), with genetic evidence invoked in support of both. The "out-of-Taiwan" model proposes a major Late Holocene expansion of Neolithic Austronesian speakers from Taiwan. An alternative, proposing that Late Glacial/postglacial sea-level rises triggered largely autochthonous dispersals, accounts for some otherwise enigmatic...
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