References
Cox M. Extreme Patterns of Variance in Small Populations: Placing Limits on Human Y-Chromosome Diversity through Time in the Vanuatu Archipelago. Ann Hum Genet. 2007 May;71(Pt 3):390-406. PMID: #17147694#
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Vanuatu
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Maori
3 October 2005Maoris
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austronesian-speaking people
28 September 2005Modern humans reached Southeast Asia and Oceania in one of the first dispersals out of Africa. The resulting temporal overlap of modern and archaic humans-and the apparent morphological continuity between them-has led to claims of gene flow between Homo sapiens and H. erectus. (#11170891#)
Much more recently, an agricultural technology from mainland Asia spread into the region, possibly in association with Austronesian languages. (#11170891#)
Using detailed genealogical study of Y (...) -
Polynesia
28 September 2005Slave trade from Americas
Since Thor Heyerdahl asserted that Polynesia was first colonized from the Americas (Heyerdahl 1950), geneticists have sought—but have not found—any evidence to support his theories. (#12644966#)
Native American Y chromosomes are detected on the Polynesian island of Rapa. However, this, together with other odd features of the island’s Y-chromosomal gene pool, is best explained as the genetic impact of a 19th century Peruvian slave trade in Polynesia. (#12644966#) (...) -
Australia
12 November 2003Features
gene flow from india (Redd AJ, 2002) -
Melanesia
12 November 2003Papua - New Guinea