Reconstructing Austronesian population history in Island Southeast Asia

Austronesian languages are spread across half the globe, from Easter Island to Madagascar. Evidence from linguistics and archaeology indicates that the 'Austronesian expansion,' which began 4,000-5,000 years ago, likely had roots in Taiwan, but the ancestry of present-day Austronesian-spea...

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Main Authors: Lipson, Mark (Contributor), Loh, Po-Ru (Contributor), Patterson, Nick (Author), Moorjani, Priya (Author), Ko, Ying-Chin (Author), Stoneking, Mark (Author), Berger, Bonnie (Contributor), Reich, David (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2015-01-12T21:11:35Z.
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