Large detailed map of Samoa
Posted on 04/17/2020 8:18:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
From approximately 3,000 to 1,000 years ago, between 700 and 3,400 people lived on the island of Samoa. Roughly 1,000 years ago, the island's population exploded from a few thousand to 10,000 individuals.
By analyzing the genomes of 1,197 individuals living in Samoa, scientists were able to gain new insights into one of the last major migrations of humans into previously uninhabited territories.
The results of the genomic analysis -- published this week in the journal PNAS -- could also help researchers explore links between early human history in Samoa and the modern health problems, including obesity, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes...
The prevalence of obesity in Samoa has led to record rates of related problems, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and cancer...
The latest genomic data showed modern Samoans get most of their genetic heritage from from Austronesian lineages. Samoans are the descendants of the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan, the islands of Southeast Asia, coastal New Guinea and other Oceanic islands.
The analysis also showed modern Samoans only derive 24 percent of their genome from the people of Papua New Guinea. Most other Polynesian groups share most larger portions of their ancestry with Papuans.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Gosh, it's almost as if living isolated on an island with a limited beginning population results in inbreeding! But let's keep looking. [I just wanted to be first with that]
They were about 5’5” and 300 lbs...
Naturally, I hate to laugh as such everyday horrors, but "Since then, he kind of developed a speech impediment" really made me laugh.
From the Samoans I see on TV now, I get the idea the population was very big-sized ...
population size of the first Samoans”
Weirdly, I am having trouble being very interested in the population size first Samoans
“Genomics help scientists estimate the population size of the first Samoans”
YAWN!
Roll Tide
Ndamukong Ngwa Suh!
I suspect the Girl Scouts are involved with the diabetes problems...
estimate the population size of the first Samoans.
Scientists: They were fat.
Did Bloomberg win Samoa in the 8,000 BC Democratic primary as well?
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