Genomic history of Austronesian-speaking populations (c.3000 BCE–present)

1. Austronesian languages diversify in Neolithic Taiwan

   Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Neolithic Taiwan, Austronesian languages

   • PNAS Nexus

2. Farming-linked expansion moves from Taiwan into Philippines

   Jan 1, 2200 BCELabels: Philippines expansion, Austronesian farmers

   • PNAS Nexus

3. Lapita culture begins major settlement of Remote Oceania

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: Lapita culture, Remote Oceania

   • Britannica

4. Main Māori settlement of New Zealand dated to late 1200s

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: M ori, New Zealand

   • Te Ara
   • Otago Univ

5. Archaeological synthesis confirms rapid Lapita spread across western Polynesia

   Jan 1, 2014Labels: Lapita spread, Vanuatu Tonga

   • ResearchGate

6. Genome-wide study links Malagasy to Austronesian–Bantu admixture

   Jan 21, 2014Labels: Malagasy genetics, Madagascar

   • PubMed

7. Ancient DNA from Vanuatu and Tonga clarifies early Lapita ancestry

   Sep 28, 2016Labels: Vanuatu ancient, Tonga ancient

   • PubMed

8. Ancient genomes document multiple migration waves in Southeast Asia

   May 17, 2018Labels: Southeast Asia, Neolithic Iron

   • PubMed

9. Denisovan ancestry in Papuans shown to come from multiple lineages

   May 2, 2019Labels: Denisovan ancestry, Papuans

   • Cell

10. Ayta Magbukon study reports highest Denisovan ancestry levels

    Aug 12, 2021Labels: Ayta Magbukon, Philippine genetics

    • PubMed

11. Ancient Wallacea genomes show complex, region-specific Austronesian mixing

    Jun 13, 2022Labels: Wallacea ancient, Timor-Leste

    • Nat Ecol Evol

12. Paleogenomics reframes Austronesian history as ongoing interaction

    Dec 31, 2022Labels: Paleogenomics synthesis, Austronesian interaction

    • Nat Ecol Evol
    • PubMed