via Matangi Tonga, 29 January 2021: News feature on how ancient DNA studies improve our understanding of human migration and settlement in Oceania.
In the field of ancient DNA remarkable new insights for Oceanic settlement are being revealed. The Lapita migration across Oceania was rapid, and undertaken by a homogeneous group both culturally and genetically. Arriving in Tonga almost three millennia ago, it marks the birth of Polynesia.
It is an exciting time to be an archaeologist! Scientific breakthroughs in several areas are providing innovative tools to discover, document, date and analyze materials from the long distant past. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the field of ancient DNA where remarkable new insights for Oceanic settlement are being revealed.
Source: Ancient DNA provides new understanding of Oceanic settlement | Matangitonga
