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Ancient genomes document multiple waves of migration in Southeast Asian prehistory

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ID23360633
AuthorsMark Lipson (0000-0001-5346-9329, Harvard Medical School, corresponding author), Olivia Cheronet (0000-0001-6760-1204, University of Vienna), Swapan Mallick (0000-0002-6851-5022, Harvard Medical School), Nadin Rohland (0000-0002-8112-9601, Harvard Medical School), Marc F Oxenham (0000-0002-5804-2145, Australian National University), Marc Oxenham (Australian National University), M Pietrusewsky (0000-0002-6886-0950, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), T O Pryce (0000-0002-7290-141X, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 75016 Paris, France.), A Willis (0000-0002-3265-862X, James Cook University), H Matsumura (0000-0001-5453-7987, Sapporo Medical University), Hallie Buckley (University of Otago), H R Buckley (0000-0003-1047-4288, University of Otago), Kate Domett (0000-0001-5091-3105, James Cook University), Giang Hai Nguyen (Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam.), Hoang Hiep Trinh (Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam.), Aung Aung Kyaw (0000-0001-7711-4100, Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, Mandalay, Myanmar.), Tin Tin Win (Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, Mandalay, Myanmar.), Baptiste Pradier (0000-0002-0169-7589, UMR 7055 Préhistoire et Technologie, Université Paris Nanterre, 92023 Nanterre, France.), Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht (0000-0001-5350-1608, Harvard Medical School), Francesca Candilio (0000-0002-4668-1361, Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Cagliari e per le Province di Oristano e Sud Sardegna, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.), Piya Changmai (0000-0003-3307-0585, University of Ostrava), Daniel M Fernandes (0000-0002-7434-6552, University of Vienna), Matthew Ferry (0000-0001-7319-0085, Harvard Medical School), Beatriz Gamarra (0000-0003-3764-497X, Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.), Éadaoin Harney (0000-0001-9385-7297, Harvard Medical School), Jatupol Kampuansai (0000-0003-4687-104X, Chiang Mai University), Wibhu Kutanan (0000-0001-7767-1644, Khon Kaen University), Megan Michel (0000-0002-5484-7974, Harvard Medical School), Mario Novak (0000-0002-4567-8742, Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.), Joe Oppenheimer (0000-0001-7973-6173, Harvard Medical School), Kendra A Sirak (0000-0003-2347-3479, University College Dublin), Kendra Sirak (Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.), Kristin Stewardson (Harvard Medical School), Zhao Zhang (0009-0007-6031-6268, Harvard Medical School), Pavel Flegontov (0000-0001-9759-4981, University of Ostrava, corresponding author), Ron Pinhasi (0000-0003-1629-8131, University of Vienna, corresponding author), David Reich (0000-0002-7037-5292, Harvard Medical School, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume361
Issue6397
Pages92-95
Publication date2018-07-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511
PublisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1126/science.aat3188
PMID29773666
OpenAlexW2794079675
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited63

Ancient migrations in Southeast Asia The past movements and peopling of Southeast Asia have been poorly represented in ancient DNA studies (see the Perspective by Bellwood). Lipson et al. generated sequences from people inhabiting Southeast Asia from about 1700 to 4100 years ago. Screening of more than a hundred individuals from five sites yielded ancient DNA from 18 individuals. Comparisons with present-day populations suggest two waves of mixing between resident populations. The first mix was between local hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers associated with the Neolithic spreading from South China. A second event resulted in an additional pulse of genetic material from China to Southeast Asia associated with a Bronze Age migration. McColl et al. sequenced 26 ancient genomes from Southeast Asia and Japan spanning from the late Neolithic to the Iron Age. They found that present-day populations are the result of mixing among four ancient populations, including multiple waves of genetic material from more northern East Asian populations. Science , this issue p. 92 , p. 88 ; see also p. 31

Ancient DNA · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze · Bronze Age · China · East Asia · Ethnology · Evolutionary biology · Expansive · Genealogy · Genetic genealogy · Geography · Human migration · Period (music) · Population · Prehistory · Southeast asia · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · History

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