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SUBMITTER: Matisoo-Smith E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC24590 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matisoo-Smith E E Roberts R M RM Irwin G J GJ Allen J S JS Penny D D Lambert D M DM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19981201 25
Human settlement of Polynesia was a major event in world prehistory. Despite the vastness of the distances covered, research suggests that prehistoric Polynesian populations maintained spheres of continuing interaction for at least some period of time in some regions. A low level of genetic variation in ancestral Polynesian populations, genetic admixture (both prehistoric and post-European contact), and severe population crashes resulting from introduction of European diseases make it difficult ...[more]