Jomon genome sheds light on East Asian population history
Takashi Gakuhari, Shigeki Nakagome, Simon Rasmussen, Morten E. Allentoft, Takehiro K. Sato, Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen, Blánaid Ní Chuinneagáin, Hiromi Matsumae, Kae Koganebuchi, Ryan Schmidt, Souichiro Mizushima, Osamu Kondo, Nobuo Shigehara, Minoru Yoneda, Ryosuke Kimura, , Hiroki Oota
The paper analyzes the genome of a Jomon individual to infer migration patterns into East Asia, finding multiple waves and a coastal route from Southeast Asia.
bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2019 · PreprintGenomics