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For many years, scholars have speculated about how Polynesia was initially populated. Writing inNature, Ioannidiset al.1 describe a genetic approach that they used to address the issue of Polynesian origins and interactions.
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Nature583, 524-525 (2020)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01983-5
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