2012 DNA Study Results
Dr Lisa Matisoo-Smith and Dr Michael Knapp from New Zealand's Otago University have released the results of a recent Teeth DNA study carried out on the teeth of early Polynesian migrants to New Zealand who lived at Wairau bar about 1285-1300 AD. The results of DNA analysis reinforce the idea that these people were original settlers from East Polynesia. Scientists found that there was a wide range of DNA mutations indicating that settlers were part of a reasonably large group. This indicate a planned migration rather than isolated random groups.This reinforces the mathematical modelling done in the past that shows the same pattern. Work will now begin on tracing East Polynesian populations that have the same DNA mutations in order to discover the specific homelands of the Wairau Bar settlers.
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