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Authors: McColl, Hugh
Racimo, Fernando
Vinner, Lasse
Demeter, Fabrice
Gakuhari, Takashi
Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor
van Driem, George
Uffe Gram Wilken,
Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
de la Fuente Castro, Constanza
Wasef, Sally
Shoocongdej, Rasmi
Souksavatdy, Viengkeo
Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa
Mohd Mokhtar Saidin,
Allentoft, Morten E.
Sato, Takehiro
Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo
Aghakhanian, Farhang A.
Korneliussen, Thorfinn
Prohaska, Ana
Margaryan, Ashot
Peter de Barros Damgaard,
Kaewsutthi, Supannee
Lertrit, Patcharee
Thi Mai Huong Nguyen,
Hung , Hsiao-chun
Thi Minh Tran,
Huu Nghia Truong,
Giang Hai Nguyen,
Shahidan, Shaiful
Wiradnyana, Ketut
Matsumae, Hiromi
Shigehara, Nobuo
Yoneda, Minoru
Ishida, Hajime
Masuyama, Tadayuki
Yamada, Yasuhiro
Tajima, Atsushi
Shibata, Hiroki
Toyoda, Atsushi
Hanihara, Tsunehiko
Nakagome, Shigeki
Deviese, Thibaut
Bacon, Anne-Marie
Duringer, Philippe
Ponche, Jean-Luc
Shackelford, Laura
Patole-Edoumba, Elise
Anh Tuan Nguyen,
Bellina-Pryce, Bérénice
Galipaud, Jean-Christophe
Kinaston, Rebecca
Buckley, Hallie
Pottier, Christophe
Rasmussen, Simon
Higham, Tom
A. Foley, Robert
Mirazón Lahr, Marta
Orlando, Ludovic
Sikora, Martin
E. Phipps, Maude
Oota, Hiroki
Higham, Charles
Lambert, David M.
Willerslev, Eske
Title: The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia
Date: 2018
Source: Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat3628
Abstract: The human occupation history of Southeast Asia (SEA) remains heavily debated. Current evidence suggests that SEA was occupied by Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers until ~4000 years ago, when farming economies developed and expanded, restricting foraging groups to remote habitats. Some argue that agricultural development was indigenous; others favor the “two-layer” hypothesis that posits a southward expansion of farmers giving rise to present-day Southeast Asian genetic diversity. By sequencing 26 ancient human genomes (25 from SEA, 1 Japanese Jōmon), we show that neither interpretation fits the complexity of Southeast Asian history: Both Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers and East Asian farmers contributed to current Southeast Asian diversity, with further migrations affecting island SEA and Vietnam. Our results help resolve one of the long-standing controversies in Southeast Asian prehistory.
Volume: 361
Number: 6397
Page Start: 88
Page End: 92