Ref ID:	28497
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Macaulay, V. Hill, C. Achilli, A. Rengo, C. Clarke, D. Meehan, W. Blackburn, J. Semino, O. Scozzari, R. Cruciani, F. Taha, A. Shaari, N. K. Raja, J. M. Ismail, P. Zainuddin, Z. Goodwin, W. Bulbeck, D. Bandelt, H.-J. Oppenheimer, S.
Title:	Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes
Date:	2005
Source:	Science
DOI:	10.1126/science.1109792
Notes:	Additional authors: Torroni, A. Richards, M.
Abstract:	A recent dispersal of modern humans out of Africa is now widely accepted, but the routes taken across Eurasia are still disputed. We show that mitochondrial DNA variation in isolated “relict” populations in southeast Asia supports the view that there was only a single dispersal from Africa, most likely via a southern coastal route, through India and onward into southeast Asia and Australasia. There was an early offshoot, leading ultimately to the settlement of the Near East and Europe, but the main dispersal from India to Australia ∼65,000 years ago was rapid, most likely taking only a few thousand years.
Date Created:	12/5/2011
Volume:	308
Number:	5724
Page Start:	1034
Page End:	1036