Express train to Polynesia
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Linguistic evidence supports the Express-train hypothesis, according to which Polynesian ancestors moved rapidly from Eastern Asia into the Pacific without significant admixture with Melanesians.
“Furthermore, linguistic evidence (Gray and Jordan 2000) is usually interpreted to support the ''Express-train'' hypothesis (Diamond 1988), according to which Polynesian ancestors moved rapidly from Eastern Asia into the Pacific without significant admixture with Melanesians”
From Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: MtDNA and Y chromosome gradients across the Pacific (2006) · cites this paper as Diamond 1988
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- Authors
- Diamond, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Diamond, Jared M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1988-11
- Volume
- 336
- Issue
- 6197
- Pages
- 307-308
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2068355867
- Cited by
- 239
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 40 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 9.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Keywords
- Polynesia, rice cultivation, Indonesian archipelago, ancient agriculture, crop domestication, human migration
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