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Ancient Voyaging and Polynesian Origins

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Soares, Pedro
Rito, Teresa
Trejaut, Jean Alain
Mormina, Maru
Hill, Catherine
Tinkler-Hundal, Emma
Braid, Michelle
Clarke, Douglas
Loo, Jun-Hun
Thomson, Noel

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University of Chicago Press

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The "Polynesian motif" defines a lineage of human mtDNA that is restricted to Austronesian-speaking populations and is almost fixed in Polynesians. It is widely thought to support a rapid dispersal of maternal lineages from Taiwan ∼4000 years ago (4 ka)

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American Journal of Human Genetics

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2037-12-31