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Advances in human genetics have greatly increased our knowledge of the origin, immigration routes, and affinities of Pacific Islanders, a people whose history has until now been the subject of speculation and controversy. This book provides recent findings in this area, stressing applications of recombinant DNA technology that have revealed many informative new genetic markers, as well as archaeological and linguistic evidence. The only book of its kind, Colonization of the Pacific presents this information in a unique interdisciplinary style and an easy-to-understand format that is accessible to workers in all disciplines concerned with Pacific prehistory.