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Tango0112 Jul 2018 4:10 p.m. PST

… in Southeast Asian prehistory.

"Southeast Asia is one of the most genetically diverse regions in the world, but for more than 100 years scientists have disagreed about which theory of the origins of the population of the area was correct.

One theory believed the indigenous Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers who populated Southeast Asia from 44,000 years ago adopted agricultural practices independently, without the input from early farmers from East Asia. Another theory, referred to as the 'two-layer model' favours the view that migrating rice farmers from what is now China replaced the indigenous Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers.


Academics from around the world collaborated on new research just published in Science which found that neither theory is completely accurate. Their study discovered that present-day Southeast Asian populations derive ancestry from at least four ancient populations…."
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Cacique Caribe12 Jul 2018 6:05 p.m. PST

Wow, does agriculture in Asia (in this case rice farming) predate that of everywhere else?

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Tango0113 Jul 2018 11:29 a.m. PST

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