An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

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 Aborigin...

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Main Authors: 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.
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Published: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25010
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author 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.
author_facet 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.
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description 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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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-250102018-03-29T09:08:50Z An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia 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. 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 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25010 10.1126/science.1211177 The American Association for the Advancement of Science restricted
spellingShingle 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.
An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title_full An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title_fullStr An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title_full_unstemmed An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title_short An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
title_sort aboriginal australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into asia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25010

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