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Genetic estimates of the initial peopling of Polynesian islands actually reflect later inter-island contacts
2022-12-02
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<h4>Summary</h4> The timing of the initial peopling of the Polynesian islands remains highly debated. Suggested dates are primarily based on archaeological evidence and differ by several hundred years. Ioannidis et al. [2021] used genome-wide data from 430 modern individuals from 21 Pacific islands to obtain genetic estimates. Their results supported late settlement dates, e.g. approximately 1200 CE for Rapa Nui....
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7b6df49d-2edf-568e-85b8-5adb60e0a589
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.12.01.518673