Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia

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Paul Wallin. Nature. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;583(7817):524-525.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01983-5.

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Keywords: Anthropology; Archaeology; Genetics.

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Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement.
Ioannidis AG, Blanco-Portillo J, Sandoval K, Hagelberg E, Miquel-Poblete JF, Moreno-Mayar JV, Rodríguez-Rodríguez JE, Quinto-Cortés CD, Auckland K, Parks T, Robson K, Hill AVS, Avila-Arcos MC, Sockell A, Homburger JR, Wojcik GL, Barnes KC, Herrera L, Berríos S, Acuña M, Llop E, Eng C, Huntsman S, Burchard EG, Gignoux CR, Cifuentes L, Verdugo RA, Moraga M, Mentzer AJ, Bustamante CD, Moreno-Estrada A. Ioannidis AG, et al. Nature. 2020 Jul;583(7817):572-577. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2487-2. Epub 2020 Jul 8. Nature. 2020. PMID: 32641827 Free PMC article.

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