Population Turnover in Remote Oceania Shortly After Initial Settlement
Mark Lipson, Pontus Skoglund, Matthew Spriggs, Frédérique Valentin, Stuart Bedford, Richard Shing, Hallie R. Buckley, Iarawai Phillip, Graeme K. Ward, Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Olivia Cheronet, Matthew Ferry, Thomas K. Harper, , David Reich
The paper uses ancient DNA analysis to show that Papuan ancestry arrived in Vanuatu around 2400 BP, suggesting multiple waves of migration from Near Oceania.
Current Biology · Feb 28, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics