Untangling Oceanic settlement: the edge of the knowable

Hurles, Matthew E.; Matisoo‐Smith, Elizabeth; Gray, Russell D.; Penny, David

doi:10.1016/s0169-5347(03)00245-3

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“…One of the best-documented examples is the settlement of the Pacific by Austronesian speakers (Hurles et al, 2003;Patrick, 2010). Some archeological and linguistic studies have suggested that this dispersal originated from Taiwan (that is, the Outof-Taiwan hypothesis; Diamond, 2000).…”

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Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

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Domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) fulfill various roles ranging from food and entertainment to religion and ornamentation. To survey its genetic diversity and trace the history of domestication, we investigated a total of 4938 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragments including 2843 previously published and 2095 de novo units from 2044 domestic chickens and 51 red junglefowl (Gallus gallus). To obtain the highest possible level of molecular resolution, 50 representative samples were further selected for total mtDNA genome sequencing. A fine-gained mtDNA phylogeny was investigated by defining haplogroups A-I and W-Z. Common haplogroups A-G were shared by domestic chickens and red junglefowl. Rare haplogroups H-I and W-Z were specific to domestic chickens and red junglefowl, respectively. We re-evaluated the global mtDNA profiles of chickens. The geographic distribution for each of major haplogroups was examined. Our results revealed new complexities of history in chicken domestication because in the phylogeny lineages from the red junglefowl were mingled with those of the domestic chickens. Several local domestication events in South Asia, Southwest China and Southeast Asia were identified. The assessment of chicken mtDNA data also facilitated our understanding about the Austronesian settlement in the Pacific.

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Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

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“…The best-known scenarios for the peopling of the Pacific are the 'express train' and the 'entangled bank' (Hurles et al 2003). The express train is built on the notion of a simple spread, with a strong phylogenetic signal, of Polynesian ancestors (Austronesians), first into near Oceania and then into remote Oceania.…”

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Biogeography of the fauna of French Polynesia: diversification within and between a series of hot spot archipelagos

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Claridge

Goodacre

2008

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The islands of French Polynesia cover an area the size of Europe, though total land area is smaller than Rhode Island. Each hot spot archipelago (Societies, Marquesas, Australs) is chronologically arranged. With the advent of molecular techniques, relatively precise estimations of timing and source of colonization have become feasible. We compile data for the region, first examining colonization (some lineages dispersed from the west, others from the east). Within archipelagos, blackflies (Simulium) provide the best example of adaptive radiation in the Societies, though a similar radiation occurs in weevils (Rhyncogonus). Both lineages indicate that Tahiti hosts the highest diversity. The more remote Marquesas show clear examples of adaptive radiation in birds, arthropods and snails. The Austral Islands, though generally depauperate, host astonishing diversity on the single island of Rapa, while lineages on other islands are generally widespread but with large genetic distances between islands. More recent human colonization has changed the face of Polynesian biogeography. Molecular markers highlight the rapidity of Polynesian human (plus commensal) migrations and the importance of admixture from other populations during the period of prehistoric human voyages. However, recent increase in traffic has brought many new, invasive species to the region, with the future of the indigenous biota uncertain.

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“…Colonization of the Pacific-the 'final frontier' of human expansion-has left a trail of vertebrate extinctions readily discernible from archaeological and palaeontological data (Steadman & Martin 2003), providing an accessible system for revealing anthropogenic impacts on indigenous biota (Hurles et al 2003). Subsistence hunting by early Polynesians is typically implicated in early extinctions (Worthy 1999;Holdaway & Jacomb 2000), and any surviving taxa are usually interpreted as declining remnants of previously abundant populations.…”

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Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand

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Recent human expansion into the Pacific initiated a dramatic avian extinction crisis, and surviving taxa are typically interpreted as declining remnants of previously abundant populations. As a case in point, New Zealand's endangered yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) is widely considered to have been more abundant and widespread in the past. By contrast, our genetic and morphological analyses of prehistoric, historic and modern penguin samples reveal that this species expanded its range to the New Zealand mainland only in the last few hundred years. This range expansion was apparently facilitated by the extinction of M. antipodes' previously unrecognized sister species following Polynesian settlement in New Zealand. Based on combined genetic and morphological data, we describe this new penguin species, the first known to have suffered human-mediated extinction. The range expansion of M. antipodes so soon after the extinction of its sister species supports a historic paradigmatic shift in New Zealand Polynesian culture. Additionally, such a dynamic biological response to human predation reveals a surprising and less recognized potential for species to have benefited from the extinction of their ecologically similar sister taxa and highlights the complexity of large-scale extinction events.

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Untangling Oceanic settlement: the edge of the knowable

Cited by 111 publications

References 47 publications

Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

Biogeography of the fauna of French Polynesia: diversification within and between a series of hot spot archipelagos

Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand

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