The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia
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Ancient migrations in Southeast Asia: The past movements and peopling of Southeast Asia have been poorly represented in ancient DNA studies (see the Perspective by Bellwood). Lipson et al. generated sequences from people inhabiting Southeast Asia from about 1700 to 4100 years ago. Screening of more than a hundred individuals from five sites yielded ancient DNA from 18 individuals. Comparisons with present-day populations suggest two waves of mixing between resident populations. The first mix was between local hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers associated with the Neolithic spreading from South China. A second event resulted in an additional pulse of genetic material from China to Southeast Asia associated with a Bronze Age migration. McColl et al. sequenced 26 ancient genomes from Southeast Asia and Japan spanning from the late Neolithic to the Iron Age. They found that present-day populations are the result of mixing among four ancient populations, including multiple waves of genetic material from more northern East Asian populations. Science , this issue p. 92 , p. 88 ; see also p. 31
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- Authors
- McColl, H., Racimo, F., Vinner, L., Demeter, F., Gakuhari, T., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., van Driem, G., Gram Wilken, U., Seguin-Orlando, A., de la Fuente Castro, C., Wasef, S., Shoocongdej, R., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Saidin, M. M., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Malaspinas, A.-S., Aghakhanian, F. A., Korneliussen, T., Prohaska, A., Margaryan, A., de Barros Damgaard, P., Kaewsutthi, S., Lertrit, P., Nguyen, T. M. H., Hung, H.-C., Minh Tran, T., Nghia Truong, H., Nguyen, G. H., Shahidan, S., Wiradnyana, K., Matsumae, H., Shigehara, N., Yoneda, M., Ishida, H., Masuyama, T., Yamada, Y., Tajima, A., Shibata, H., Toyoda, A., Hanihara, T., Nakagome, S., Deviese, T., Bacon, A.-M., Duringer, P., Ponche, J.-L., Shackelford, L., Patole-Edoumba, E., Nguyen, A. T., Bellina-Pryce, B., Galipaud, J.-C., Kinaston, R., Buckley, H., Pottier, C., Rasmussen, S., Higham, T., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Orlando, L., Sikora, M., Phipps, M. E., Oota, H., Higham, C., Lambert, D. M., & Willerslev, E.
- Affiliations
- Natural History Museum of Denmark (DK)
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (FR)
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Griffith University (AU)
- Silpakorn University (TH)
- Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia.
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Institute of Molecular Biology (AM)
- Siriraj Hospital (TH)
- Anthropological and Paleoenvironmental Department, Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Australian National University (AU)
- Viện Khảo cổ học (VN)
- Balai Archeology, Medan, Indonesia.
- Kitasato University (JP)
- Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (JP)
- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo (JP)
- University of the Ryukyus (JP)
- Educational Committee of Tahara City, Tahara, Japan.
- National Museum of Japanese History (JP)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- National Institute of Genetics (JP)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Université Paris Descartes (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Natural History Museum of La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France.
- CNRS, UMR7055 “Préhistoire et Technologie,” Maison Archéologie et Ethnologie, Nanterre, France.
- Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (DE)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- École Française d'Extrême-Orient (FR)
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- Corresponding author
- McColl, Hugh
- Racimo, Fernando
- Vinner, Lasse
- Demeter, Fabrice
- Willerslev, Eske
- ORCID
- McColl, Hugh
- Racimo, Fernando
- Vinner, Lasse
- Demeter, Fabrice
- Gakuhari, Takashi
- Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor
- Gram Wilken, Uffe
- Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
- de la Fuente Castro, Constanza
- Wasef, Sally
- Shoocongdej, Rasmi
- Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa
- Allentoft, Morten E.
- Sato, Takehiro
- Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo
- Korneliussen, Thorfinn
- Prohaska, Ana
- Margaryan, Ashot
- Kaewsutthi, Supannee
- Lertrit, Patcharee
- Hung, Hsiao-chun
- Minh Tran, Thi
- Nghia Truong, Huu
- Shahidan, Shaiful
- Wiradnyana, Ketut
- Matsumae, Hiromi
- Yoneda, Minoru
- Ishida, Hajime
- Yamada, Yasuhiro
- Tajima, Atsushi
- Shibata, Hiroki
- Toyoda, Atsushi
- Nakagome, Shigeki
- Deviese, Thibaut
- Bacon, Anne-Marie
- Duringer, Philippe
- Ponche, Jean-Luc
- Shackelford, Laura
- Patole-Edoumba, Elise
- Nguyen, Anh Tuan
- Bellina-Pryce, Bérénice
- Galipaud, Jean-Christophe
- Kinaston, Rebecca
- Buckley, Hallie
- Pottier, Christophe
- Rasmussen, Simon
- Higham, Tom
- Foley, Robert A.
- Lahr, Marta Mirazón
- Orlando, Ludovic
- Sikora, Martin
- Phipps, Maude E.
- Oota, Hiroki
- Higham, Charles
- Lambert, David M.
- Willerslev, Eske
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2018-07-06
- Volume
- 361
- Issue
- 6397
- Pages
- 88-92
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2871523635
- Semantic Scholar
- 0935a3b803ec56ea0f330dadc24bf34e5ef1bdda
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- 111
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- en
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- Funders
- European Research Council (295907)
- Australian Research Council (LP120200144, LP150100583, DP170101313)
- Danish National Research Foundation
- University of Copenhagen (KU2016)
- Lundbeckfonden
- Thailand Research Fund (RTA6080001, RDG55H0006)
- Sous-commission des fouilles, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Keywords
- prehistoric human migration, ancient DNA, hunter-gatherers, Neolithic farmers, Bronze Age migration, population admixture, ancient genomes
- MeSH terms
- DNA, Ancient, Asia, Southeastern, Humans, Population, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Asian People, History, Ancient, Human Migration
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