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    An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

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    Rasmussen, M.
    Guo, X.
    Wang, Y.
    Lohmueller, K.
    Rasmussen, S.
    Albrechtsen, A.
    Skotte, L.
    Lindgreen, S.
    Metspalu, M.
    Jombart, T.
    Kivisild, T.
    Zhai, W.
    Eriksson, A.
    Manica, A.
    Orlando, L.
    De La Vega, F.
    Tridico, S.
    Metspalu, E.
    Nielsen, K.
    Ávila-Arcos, M.
    Moreno-Mayar, V.
    Muller, C.
    Dortch, J.
    Gilbert, Thomas
    Lund, O.
    Wesolowska, A.
    Karmin, M.
    Weinert, L.
    Wang, B.
    Li, J.
    Tai, S.
    Xiao, F.
    Hanihara, T.
    van Driem, G.
    Jha, A.
    Ricaut, F.
    de Knijff, P.
    Migliano, A.
    Romero, I.
    Kristiansen, K.
    Lambert, D.
    Brunak, S.
    Forster, P.
    Brinkmann, B.
    Nehlich, O.
    Bunce, Michael
    Richards, M.
    Gupta, R.
    Bustamante, C.
    Krogh, A.
    Foley, R.
    Lahr, M.
    Balloux, F.
    Sicheritz-Pontén, T.
    Villems, R.
    Nielsen, R.
    Wang, Jun
    Willerslev, E.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Rasmussen, M. and Guo, X. and Wang, Y. and Lohmueller, K. and Rasmussen, S. and Albrechtsen, A. and Skotte, L. et al. 2011. An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia. Science. 334: pp. 94-98.
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    Science
    DOI
    10.1126/science.1211177
    ISSN
    0036-8075
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25010
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We present an Aboriginal Australian genomic sequence obtained from a 100-year-old lock of hair donated by an Aboriginal man from southern Western Australia in the early 20th century. We detect no evidence of European admixture and estimate contamination levels to be below 0.5%. We show that Aboriginal Australians are descendants of an early human dispersal into eastern Asia, possibly 62,000 to 75,000 years ago. This dispersal is separate from the one that gave rise to modern Asians 25,000 to 38,000 years ago. We also find evidence of gene flow between populations of the two dispersal waves prior to the divergence of Native Americans from modern Asian ancestors. Our findings support the hypothesis that present-day Aboriginal Australians descend from the earliest humans to occupy Australia, likely representing one of the oldest continuous populations outside Africa

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