Phylogenetic analyses of Lapita decoration do not support branching evolution or regional population structure during colonization of remote oceania

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1559, 2010, Pages 3889-3902

  Cochrane, Ethan E ^a,b   Lipo, Carl P ^c  

^a International Archaeological Research Institute   (United States)

^b AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Lapita; Networks; Oceania; Pottery

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREHISTORIC;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650409165     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0091     Document Type: Article

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