Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia

Wallin, Paul

doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01983-5

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Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia

DNA analysis of Polynesians and Native South Americans has revealed an ancient genetic signature that resolves a long-running debate over Polynesian origins and early contacts between the two populations.

Paul Wallin⁰

Paul Wallin
1. Paul Wallin is in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Visby SE-621 67, Sweden.
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For many years, scholars have speculated about how Polynesia was initially populated. Writing in Nature, Ioannidis et al.¹ describe a genetic approach that they used to address the issue of Polynesian origins and interactions.

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Nature 583, 524-525 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01983-5

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