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Ancient DNA offers clues to remote Pacific islands’ population puzzle

Genomic studies provide details about the complex peopling of Vanuatu — one of the last places on Earth reached by humans.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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Two ancient-DNA studies are unravelling the complex sequence of human migrations that left remote islands in the Pacific with a rare linguistic and genetic disconnect.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02620-y

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  • Correction 05 March 2018: The original version of this story mispelled Andrew Pawley’s name.

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