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Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement
Alexander G. Ioannidis, Javier Blanco-Portillo, Karla Sandoval et al., 2020. Nature 583, 572–577.
Genome-wide data from living Pacific islanders and Native Americans show a single contact event between Polynesians and a Native American group related to the Zenu of Colombia, dated to about AD 1200.
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The first genomic case for pre-European contact with the Americas.
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Ioannidis, A. G., Blanco-Portillo, J., Sandoval, K., Hagelberg, E., & Miquel-Poblete, J. F. (2020). Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement. Nature 583, 572–577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2487-2
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Ioannidis, Alexander G. et al.. “Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement.” Nature 583, 572–577 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2487-2.