Brown University: Researchers Use 21st Century Genomics to Estimate Samoan Population Dynamics Over 3,000 Years
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Reconstructing how many individuals first settled the many small islands in the Pacific and when they arrived remain important scientific questions, as well as an intriguing ones for understanding human history. Human migrations into the islands of Remote Oceania -- from circa 3,000 to 1,200 years ago -- mark the last major movement into locations previously uninhabited by humans.
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Reconstructing how many individuals first settled the many small islands in the Pacific and when they arrived remain important scientific questions, as well as an intriguing ones for understanding human history. Human migrations into the islands of Remote Oceania -- from circa 3,000 to 1,200 years ago -- mark the last major movement into locations previously uninhabited by humans.
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