Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia.

Tobler, R; Rohrlach, A; Soubrier, J; Bover, P; Llamas, B; Tuke, J; Bean, N; Abdullah-Highfold, A; Agius, S; O'Donoghue, A; O'Loughlin, I; Sutton, P; Zilio, F; Walshe, K; Williams, AN; Turney, CSM; Williams, M; Richards, SM; Mitchell, RJ; Kowal, E; Stephen, JR; Williams, L; Haak, W; Cooper, A

Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia.

Tobler, R Rohrlach, A Soubrier, J Bover, P Llamas, B Tuke, J Bean, N Abdullah-Highfold, A Agius, S O'Donoghue, A O'Loughlin, I Sutton, P Zilio, F Walshe, K Williams, AN Turney, CSM Williams, M Richards, SM Mitchell, RJ Kowal, E Stephen, JR Williams, L Haak, W Cooper, A

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Citation:: Nature, 2017, 544, (7649), pp. 180-184
Issue Date:: 2017-04-13

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dc.contributor.author	Tobler, R
dc.contributor.author	Rohrlach, A
dc.contributor.author	Soubrier, J
dc.contributor.author	Bover, P
dc.contributor.author	Llamas, B
dc.contributor.author	Tuke, J
dc.contributor.author	Bean, N
dc.contributor.author	Abdullah-Highfold, A
dc.contributor.author	Agius, S
dc.contributor.author	O'Donoghue, A
dc.contributor.author	O'Loughlin, I
dc.contributor.author	Sutton, P
dc.contributor.author	Zilio, F
dc.contributor.author	Walshe, K
dc.contributor.author	Williams, AN
dc.contributor.author	Turney, CSM
dc.contributor.author	Williams, M
dc.contributor.author	Richards, SM
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, RJ
dc.contributor.author	Kowal, E
dc.contributor.author	Stephen, JR
dc.contributor.author	Williams, L
dc.contributor.author	Haak, W
dc.contributor.author	Cooper, A
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-22T00:01:44Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-24
dc.date.available	2022-09-22T00:01:44Z
dc.date.issued	2017-04-13
dc.identifier.citation	Nature, 2017, 544, (7649), pp. 180-184
dc.identifier.issn	0028-0836
dc.identifier.issn	1476-4687
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161967
dc.description.abstract	Aboriginal Australians represent one of the longest continuous cultural complexes known. Archaeological evidence indicates that Australia and New Guinea were initially settled approximately 50 thousand years ago (ka); however, little is known about the processes underlying the enormous linguistic and phenotypic diversity within Australia. Here we report 111 mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from historical Aboriginal Australian hair samples, whose origins enable us to reconstruct Australian phylogeographic history before European settlement. Marked geographic patterns and deep splits across the major mitochondrial haplogroups imply that the settlement of Australia comprised a single, rapid migration along the east and west coasts that reached southern Australia by 49-45 ka. After continent-wide colonization, strong regional patterns developed and these have survived despite substantial climatic and cultural change during the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Remarkably, we find evidence for the continuous presence of populations in discrete geographic areas dating back to around 50 ka, in agreement with the notable Aboriginal Australian cultural attachment to their country.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.relation.ispartof	Nature
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/nature21416
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	General Science & Technology
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Cultural Evolution
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Mitochondrial
dc.subject.mesh	Genome, Mitochondrial
dc.subject.mesh	Haplotypes
dc.subject.mesh	History, Ancient
dc.subject.mesh	Human Migration
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeography
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Mitochondrial
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny
dc.subject.mesh	Haplotypes
dc.subject.mesh	Cultural Evolution
dc.subject.mesh	History, Ancient
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Genome, Mitochondrial
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeography
dc.subject.mesh	Human Migration
dc.subject.mesh	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
dc.title	Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	544
utslib.location.activity	England
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Abstract:

Aboriginal Australians represent one of the longest continuous cultural complexes known. Archaeological evidence indicates that Australia and New Guinea were initially settled approximately 50 thousand years ago (ka); however, little is known about the processes underlying the enormous linguistic and phenotypic diversity within Australia. Here we report 111 mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from historical Aboriginal Australian hair samples, whose origins enable us to reconstruct Australian phylogeographic history before European settlement. Marked geographic patterns and deep splits across the major mitochondrial haplogroups imply that the settlement of Australia comprised a single, rapid migration along the east and west coasts that reached southern Australia by 49-45 ka. After continent-wide colonization, strong regional patterns developed and these have survived despite substantial climatic and cultural change during the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Remarkably, we find evidence for the continuous presence of populations in discrete geographic areas dating back to around 50 ka, in agreement with the notable Aboriginal Australian cultural attachment to their country.

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