The Indonesian archipelago: an ancient genetic highway linking Asia and the Pacific

Tumonggor, Meryanne K.; Karafet, Tatiana M.; Hallmark, Brian; Lansing, J. Stephen; Sudoyo, Herawati; Hammer, Michael F.; Cox, Murray P.

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“…These observations suggest that the identified Lapita-Asian biological connection, regardless of the time period it was transferred to Remote Oceania, could have an antiquity predating "neolithization" in ISEA and roots in the late Pleistocene/early Holocene populations already established in the greater Southeast Asian region. Even if phenotypic and genetic markers are not necessarily connected, it is worth noting that the observed pattern finds parallels in genetic evidence pointing to the presence of Asian features as early as the Early-Mid Holocene in Island Southeast Asia and Near Oceania and indicating multiple phases of dispersals within this region (11,43,44). The population movement associated with the Lapita culture could therefore have been of much shorter distance than usually thought (45).…”

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Early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu show Polynesian craniofacial shape: Implications for Remote Oceanic settlement and Lapita origins

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With a cultural and linguistic origin in Island Southeast Asia the Lapita expansion is thought to have led ultimately to the Polynesian settlement of the east Polynesian region after a time of mixing/integration in north Melanesia and a nearly 2,000-y pause in West Polynesia. One of the major achievements of recent Lapita research in Vanuatu has been the discovery of the oldest cemetery found so far in the Pacific at Teouma on the south coast of Efate Island, opening up new prospects for the biological definition of the early settlers of the archipelago and of Remote Oceania in general. Using craniometric evidence from the skeletons in conjunction with archaeological data, we discuss here four debated issues: the Lapita–Asian connection, the degree of admixture, the Lapita–Polynesian connection, and the question of secondary population movement into Remote Oceania.

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Early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu show Polynesian craniofacial shape: Implications for Remote Oceanic settlement and Lapita origins

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“…We extended this analysis to a large number of Indonesian populations. We focused on 55 village communities from four Indonesian islands (Bali, Flores, Sumba, and Timor) that span the Indonesian archipelago-from Bali, where genetic ancestry largely traces back to Asian sources, to Timor, with its genetic roots firmly planted in Papuan soil Tumonggor et al 2013). By leveraging data from 2,104 Indonesian volunteers, we present a new picture of population size changes across Island Southeast Asia from its first settlement to modern times.…”

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“…Inferences made from simple summaries of the data [e.g., Tajima's D (Tajima 1989) and Fu's F (Fu 1997)] suggest that Indonesian populations may have increased in size, with growth stronger in the center of the archipelago (Bali, Sulawesi, Sumba, and Flores) and weaker toward the eastern and western peripheries (Tumonggor et al 2013). However, these summaries represent long-term average estimates, which may be misleading if population sizes have fluctuated through time rather than exhibiting a simple monotonic change.…”

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Climate Change Influenced Female Population Sizes Through Time Across the Indonesian Archipelago

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Lying at the crossroads of Asia and the Pacific world, the Indonesian archipelago hosts one of the world's richest accumulations of cultural, linguistic, and genetic variation. While the role of human migration into and around the archipelago is now known in some detail, other aspects of Indonesia's complex history are less understood. Here, we focus on population size changes from the first settlement of Indonesia nearly 50 kya up to the historic era. We reconstructed the past effective population sizes of Indonesian women using mitochondrial DNA sequences from 2,104 individuals in 55 village communities on four islands spanning the Indonesian archipelago (Bali, Flores, Sumba, and Timor). We found little evidence for large fluctuations in effective population size. Most communities grew slowly during the late Pleistocene, peaked 15-20 kya, and subsequently declined slowly into the Holocene. This unexpected pattern may reflect population declines caused by the flooding of lowland hunter/gatherer habitat during sea-level rises following the last glacial maximum. Keywords Indonesia, Mitochondrial Dna, Bayesian Skyline PlotThis open access article is available in Human Biology: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol85/iss1/6 Abstract Lying at the crossroads of Asia and the Pacific world, the Indonesian archipelago hosts one of the world's richest accumulations of cultural, linguistic, and genetic variation. While the role of human migration into and around the archipelago is now known in some detail, other aspects of Indonesia's complex history are less understood. Here, we focus on population size changes from the first settlement of Indonesia nearly 50 kya up to the historic era. We reconstructed the past effective population sizes of Indonesian women using mitochondrial DNA sequences from 2,104 individuals in 55 village communities on four islands spanning the Indonesian archipelago (Bali, Flores, Sumba, and Timor). We found little evidence for large fluctuations in effective population size. Most communities grew slowly during the late Pleistocene, peaked 15-20 kya, and subsequently declined slowly into the Holocene. This unexpected pattern may reflect population declines caused by the flooding of lowland hunter/gatherer habitat during sea-level rises following the last glacial maximum.The prehistory of Island Southeast Asia is made especially complex by its position as a waypoint between mainland Asia, Australia, and the Pacific world. The region's prehistory is dominated by population movements, beginning with its first settlement by modern humans approximately 50 kya and continuing to the Islamization of Indonesia during the historic period. Reflecting the rich cultural and linguistic diversity of Indonesia's inhabitants, these eras have also left their mark on the genetic diversity of the individuals who inhabit Indonesia today (Cox et al.

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“…One of these studies (Tumonggor et al 2013) shows that western and eastern Indonesians form separate clusters within a general Indonesian cluster that falls together with Asian groups, away from Oceanic populations. Among these Asian groups, Indonesians cluster most closely with populations from Vietnam and the Philippines and more distantly with Taiwan populations.…”

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New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory

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2017

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terra australis 45Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. Copyright of the text remains with the authors, 2017. This book is copyright in all countries subscribing to the Berne convention. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be made to the publisher. List of volumes in Terra Australis Karina ArifinFakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Departemen Arkeologi, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia Robert BlustDepartment of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, USA David BulbeckDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Judith CameronDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Zhang ChiSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China Gang HeThe Cultural Relics and Archeological Research Institution in Hunan Province, China Helen HeathDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, North Dunedin, New Zealand Charles HighamDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, North Dunedin, New Zealand Mark J. HudsonMt Fuji World Heritage Centre for Mountain Research, Shizuoka, Japan Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, Japan Hsiao-chun HungDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Michiko IntohDepartment of Social Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan Timothy A. JinamDivision of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan Hideaki Kanzawa-KiriyamaDepartment of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan Nguyen Kim DungThe Vietnamese Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam Nguyen Lan CuongThe Vietnamese Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam Tracey L.-D. LuDepartment of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Hirofumi MatsumuraFaculty of Health Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan Armand Salvador MijaresArchaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines Carmen SarjeantSchool of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Ken-ichi ShinodaDepartment of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan Tr...

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The Indonesian archipelago: an ancient genetic highway linking Asia and the Pacific

Cited by 122 publications

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Early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu show Polynesian craniofacial shape: Implications for Remote Oceanic settlement and Lapita origins

Early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu show Polynesian craniofacial shape: Implications for Remote Oceanic settlement and Lapita origins

Climate Change Influenced Female Population Sizes Through Time Across the Indonesian Archipelago

New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory

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