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. 2015 Nov 3;112(44):13432-3.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518576112. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Tracking Austronesian expansion into the Pacific via the paper mulberry plant

Elizabeth A Matisoo-Smith  1
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Tracking Austronesian expansion into the Pacific via the paper mulberry plant

Elizabeth A Matisoo-Smith. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: E.A.M.-S. was a principal investigator (PI) on a project with Dr. Andrea Seelenfreund. The Marsden grant was awarded to E.A.M.-S. in 2009 and ran through 2012. E.A.M.-S. was the identified PI, and Dr. Andrea Seelenfreund was an associate investigator. The project was for archaeological investigations and DNA analyses of human remains from Isla Mocha, Chile.

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Fig. 1.
Map showing the direction of Austronesian expansion from Taiwan and likely timing of expansion into the Pacific. Dates are expressed in years before present (BP) and are based on current archaeological evidence. The dotted line separates Near Oceania and Remote Oceania. Adapted from ref. , with permission from Elsevier.
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