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SUBMITTER: Larson G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1829225 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larson Greger G Cucchi Thomas T Fujita Masakatsu M Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth E Robins Judith J Anderson Atholl A Rolett Barry B Spriggs Matthew M Dolman Gaynor G Kim Tae-Hun TH Thuy Nguyen Thi Dieu NT Randi Ettore E Doherty Moira M Due Rokus Awe RA Bollt Robert R Djubiantono Tony T Griffin Bion B Intoh Michiko M Keane Emile E Kirch Patrick P Li Kuang-Ti KT Morwood Michael M Pedriña Lolita M LM Piper Philip J PJ Rabett Ryan J RJ Shooter Peter P Van den Bergh Gert G West Eric E Wickler Stephen S Yuan Jing J Cooper Alan A Dobney Keith K
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070314 12
Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita culture remain contentious, and numerous disparate models of dispersal (based primarily on linguistic, genetic, and archeological data) have been proposed. Here, through the use of mtDNA from 781 modern and ancient Sus specimens, we provide evidence for ...[more]