Single, Rapid Coastal Settlement of Asia Revealed by Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
University of Huddersfield · University of Pavia · +8 more institutions
Abstract
A recent dispersal of modern humans out of Africa is now widely accepted, but the routes taken across Eurasia are still disputed. We show that mitochondrial DNA variation in isolated "relict" populations in southeast Asia supports the view that there was only a single dispersal from Africa, most likely via a southern coastal route, through India and onward into southeast Asia and Australasia. There was an early offshoot, leading ultimately to the settlement of the Near East and Europe, but the main dispersal from India to Australia approximately 65,000 years ago was rapid, most likely taking only a few thousand years.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 37.35
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 35
Authors
21- VMVincent MacaulayCorresponding
University of Huddersfield, University of Pavia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Malaysia, National Cancer Council Malaysia, University of Glasgow, Sapienza University of Rome
- CHCatherine Hill
University of Huddersfield, University of Pavia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Malaysia, National Cancer Council Malaysia, University of Glasgow, Sapienza University of Rome
- AAAlessandro Achilli
University of Huddersfield, University of Pavia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Malaysia, National Cancer Council Malaysia, University of Glasgow, Sapienza University of Rome
- CRChiara Rengo
University of Huddersfield, University of Pavia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Malaysia, National Cancer Council Malaysia, University of Glasgow, Sapienza University of Rome
- DJDouglas J. Clarke
University of Huddersfield, University of Pavia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Malaysia, National Cancer Council Malaysia, University of Glasgow, Sapienza University of Rome
Topics & keywords
- Biological dispersal
- Geography
- Southeast asia
- Settlement (finance)
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Out of africa
- East Asia
- Ecology
- Life below water