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El ADN antiguo revela cinco flujos de migración a Micronesia y matrilocalidad en los primeros marineros del Pacífico
Yue-Chen Liu1,2, Rosalind Hunter-Anderson3, Olivia Cheronet4
1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 30, 2022
Resumen
El ADN antiguo revela cinco ondas de migración distintas en Micronesia, desafiando los entendimientos anteriores de su asentamiento. Este análisis genético destaca los orígenes ancestrales únicos y las prácticas sociales en la región.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Genética de las poblaciones
- Arqueogenética
- La migración humana
Sus antecedentes:
- El asentamiento de Micronesia es anterior a otras regiones remotas de Oceanía, sin embargo, los orígenes de sus habitantes no se comprenden completamente.
- Las investigaciones anteriores carecían de datos genéticos completos para dilucidar la compleja historia de asentamiento de Micronesia.
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