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Matthew Leavesley

Researcher at University of Papua New Guinea

Publications -  60
Citations -  1799

Matthew Leavesley is an academic researcher from University of Papua New Guinea. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biology. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 52 publications receiving 1490 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew Leavesley include University of Cambridge & Australian National University.

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A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, +90 more
- 13 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: A population expansion in northeast Australia during the Holocene epoch associated with limited gene flow from this region to the rest of Australia, consistent with the spread of the Pama–Nyungan languages is inferred.
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Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

Luca Pagani, +121 more
- 13 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: A genetic signature in present-day Papuans that suggests that at least 2% of their genome originates from an early and largely extinct expansion of anatomically modern humans (AMHs) out of Africa earlier than 75,000 years ago is found.
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Human Adaptation and Plant Use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 Years Ago

TL;DR: Data from the New Guinea Highlands demonstrate the exploitation of the endemic nut Pandanus and yams in archaeological sites dated to 49,000 to 36,000 years ago, which are among the oldest human sites in this region.
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New direction in human colonisation of the Pacific: Lapita settlement of south coast New Guinea

TL;DR: The Lapita artefacts include characteristic ceramics, shell armbands, stone adzes and obsidian tools as discussed by the authors, which support hypotheses for the migration of pottery-bearing Melanesian marine specialists into Torres Strait of northeast Australia c.2500 cal BP.