More news on anthropology
genetics, reveals new data on Modern Austronesian AN- speaking Melanesians. Researchers
did (mtDNA) analysis for two Austronesian- speaking populations, (Munda and
Kusaghe) and an AN- Micronesian population (Rawaki) to find out their genetic
similarities to AN- Polynesians in Tonga and non-NAN- speaking Melanesians
(Gidra) in Papua Guinea. They found from their analyses that the Munda and
Kusaghe populations were genetically close to the Tongan population however
this wasn’t the case with the Gidra. The Rawaki population showed no apparent
genetic similarities to populations of Tonga and Gidra.
Basically, their results revealed that gene
flow from AN- speaking populations originated from Southeast Asia to indigenous
Melanesians in the New George Islands.
Joanne
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