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Genomic evidence supports the "long chronology" for the peopling of Sahul.

Francesca Gandini, Mafalda Almeida, M George B Foody, Nano Nagle, Anders Bergström, Anna Olivieri, Simão Rodrigues, Alessandro Fichera, Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia, Antonio Torroni and 17 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Francesca GandiniSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8930-8295
Mafalda AlmeidaDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5923-6251
M George B FoodySchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
Nano NagleDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Anders BergströmSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-9268
Anna OlivieriDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3941-8098
Simão RodriguesSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2323-2069
Alessandro FicheraSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
Gonzalo Oteo-GarciaSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0957-4014
Antonio TorroniDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4163-4478
Alessandro AchilliDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6871-3451
William PomatPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Box 60, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
Zafarina ZainuddinAnalytical Biochemistry Research Centre (ABrC) and Human Identification/DNA Unit, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-3672-5196
Ken Khong EngBPP University, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7115-1418
Tarek ShoeibDepartment of Forensic Science, Faculty of Biomedical Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya.ORCID 0009-0009-4744-6994
Teresa RitoDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8374-6347
David BulbeckCollege of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9733-6509
Sue O'ConnorCollege of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9381-078X
Jarosław BrykSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2791-9709
Maria PalaSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
Michael J GrantCoastal and Offshore Archaeological Research Services, Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4766-6913
Ceiridwen J EdwardsSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9126-1377
Stephen J OppenheimerSchool of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Robert J MitchellDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Pedro A SoaresDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2807-690X
Helen FarrCentre for Maritime Archaeology, Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7922-9179
Martin B RichardsSchool of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3118-0967

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The timing of the settlement of Sahul-the Pleistocene landmass formed by present-day New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania that existed until ~9000 years ago (~9 ka)-remains highly contentious. The so-called "long chronology" posits the first main arrivals at ~60 to 65 ka, whereas a "short chronology" proposes 47 to 51 ka. Here, we exhaustively analyze an unprecedentedly large mitogenome dataset (

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Genome, HumanGenome, MitochondrialGenomicsHuman MigrationArchaeologyAustraliaChromosomes, Human, YDNA, MitochondrialGenetics, PopulationHistory, AncientHumansNew GuineaPhylogenyDNA, Mitochondrial

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