Ross Barnett

The paper uses genomic and morphometric analyses to show that pigs in Wallacea and Oceania have diverse ancestries linked to Austronesian dispersal 4,000-3,000 years ago.

This study shows that small island populations of anoa and babirusa have higher genetic quality despite lower diversity, suggesting they should be prioritized for conservation over mainland translocations.

The paper predicts the viability of archaic human hybrids using mitochondrial DNA divergence patterns to assess fertility differences between species pairs.