Observatory: DNA Sheds New Light on Polynesian Migration

Monday, February 7, 2011 - 13:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A study of mitochondrial DNA indicated that Polynesians were on the move much earlier than previously thought, and from mainland Southeast Asia, not Taiwan.

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