Fast trains, slow boats, and the ancestry of the Polynesian islanders

• Published in: Science progress (1916) Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 157 - 181
• Main Authors: OPPENHEIMER, STEPHEN, RICHARDS, MARTIN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Science Reviews 01.08.2001; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd. (UK); Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Ancestry; Anthropology, Cultural; Archaeology; Archipelagos; Boats; Culture; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Emmigration and immgration; Gene Frequency; Genealogy; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genetics, Population; Globins - genetics; Haplotypes; Human beings; Human population genetics; Humans; Hypotheses; Island life; Islands; Language; Melanesia - ethnology; Migrations; Mitochondrial DNA; Oceania; Origin; Polynesia; Polynesian studies; Polynesians; Population genetics; South Asian culture; Southeast Asian culture; Taiwan - ethnology; White People - genetics; Y Chromosome; Polynesia; Melanesia; Taiwan; Pacific Ocean; Oceania; Southeast Asia; New Guinea; Wallacea; Philippines; China; Indonesia

The question of the origins of the Polynesians has, for over 200 years, been the subject of adventure science. Since Captain Cook's first speculations on these isolated Pacific islanders, their language affiliations have been seen as an essential clue to the solution. The geographic and numeric...