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Pontus Skoglund

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Pontus Skoglund (born 3 March 1984) is a Swedish population geneticist, currently at the Francis Crick Institute and formerly at Harvard Medical School.

Skoglund studies ancient DNA to verify human history, mostly about how humans populated Earth. He found proof that the first Polynesians came from East Asia,[1] along with another study that found genetic evidence of two founding populations of the Americas.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Gibbons, Ann (October 3, 2016). "'Game-changing' study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia". Science.
  2. ^ Callaway, Ewen (July 21, 2015). "'Ghost population' hints at long-lost migration to the Americas". Nature.
  3. ^ Goreman, James (July 21, 2015). "Scientists Trace an Ancient DNA Link Between Amazonians and Australasians". The New York Times.