The Story Of Southeast Asia Through Ancient DNA

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By Gemma Tarlach
May 17, 2018 6:00 PMOct 10, 2019 5:19 PM
Archaeological sites in Southeast Asia, such as this one in Ban Chiang, Thailand, preserve pottery and other artifacts but ancient DNA rarely survives due to the hot, humid climate. (Credit Wikimedia Commons)
Ancient DNA from archaeological sites in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand's World Heritage site Ban Chiang, has refined our understanding of how farmers and hunter-gatherers mixed and mingled millennia ago. (Credit Wikimedia Commons)

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Southeast Asia is home to scores of different languages and cultures, but the story of how such diversity blossomed in the region has always been unclear. A new study out today turns to ancient DNA — a rare find in hot and humid environments — to track waves of human migration over the past 4,000 years.

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