This study analyzes genome-wide data from 1,433 ni-Vanuatu individuals to trace their genetic ancestry and admixture history, revealing synchronous admixture events and social assortative mating patterns.

Current Biology · Sep 14, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics

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

The Genomic History Of Southeastern Europe

Iain Mathieson, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Cosimo Posth, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Íñigo Olalde, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Francesca Candilio, Olivia Cheronet, Daniel Fernandes, Matthew Ferry, Beatriz Gamarra, Gloria González Fortes, Wolfgang Haak, , Cristian Virag

Ancient DNA from 223 people (12,000-500 BCE) reveals a west-east hunter-gatherer cline, largely unadmixed farmers, Caucasus-shifted Aegean farmers, and Balkan steppe ancestry almost 2,000 years early.

Nature · Feb 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics✦ In-depth digest