Ancient genomes reveal distinct human dispersals and social stratification in the settlement history of western Remote Oceania

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Ancient DNA rewrites how people settled Remote Oceania aDNA: Papuan-related settlers hit Fiji earlier via ≥2 routes; ~1000ya Polynesian gene flow. Limit: sparse sampling. https://t.co/FhD0yuGVSM #ScienceNow #Cell Buy ScienceTees here: https://t.co/OJvt…

a detailed paleogenetics look at the peopling of Remote Oceania https://t.co/hfgc25WaKy

RT @jasonlixuzhen: Cell aDNA: western Remote Oceania settlement — Lapita SEA-related wave ~3 ka, then slower Papuan-related dispersals (Fij…

Cell aDNA: western Remote Oceania settlement — Lapita SEA-related wave ~3 ka, then slower Papuan-related dispersals (Fiji earlier than thought); ~1 ka Polynesian Outliers in S. Vanuatu; Fiji kin group with elevated SEA ancestry linked to status practices.…

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