Human Evolution in Polynesia

From: Human Biology | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Whyte, Adele L H; Marshall, Stephen J; Chambers, Geoffrey K | Copyright information

Abstract

The number of eastern Polynesian females required to found the Maori population of Aotearoa (New Zealand) has been recalculated. Our estimates use computer simulations that incorporate realistic sigmoid population growth models and include previously published and new mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 3' hypervariable region 1 sequences from Maori (N = 109) and other eastern Polynesian (N = 125) volunteers. Approximately 190 (170-230) women are estimated to have been present in the fo...

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