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DNA Sheds New Light on Polynesian Migration

New genetic research reveals that the migratory story of the Polynesians may be more ancient and complicated than previously thought.

For years, it was generally accepted that Polynesians originated in modern-day Taiwan and began moving south and east about 4,000 years ago. This migration account is based on the research of linguists, the findings of archeologists and some genetic analysis.

But a new study in The American Journal of Human Genetics reports that Polynesians began migrating thousands of years earlier, not from Taiwan, but from mainland Southeast Asia....
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