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UID:https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-migrations/events/archive/the-longest-journey-from-africa-to-aotearoa
URL:https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-migrations/events/archive/the-longest-journey-from-africa-to-aotearoa
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20170515T130000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20170515T140000
SUMMARY:The Longest Journey: From Africa to Aotearoa
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Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith from the Centre for Global Migrations will discuss her major research project 'Africa to Aotearoa: A Genetic Ancestry Study of New Zealanders'. 
All living humans can trace their ancestry back to a shared common maternal ancestor who lived in Africa some 150,000 years ago, often referred to as the “Mitochondrial Eve”. Beginning around 60,000 years ago, a small group of people left Africa and began to disperse across the globe. Aotearoa was the last landmass settled by humans, just 750 years ago. For the last few years I have been involved in a deep ancestry study of New Zealanders, using mitochondrial DNA obtained from over 2000 volunteers from across the country. In this talk I will present the results of our research and the implications for understanding both our evolutionary past and our future as New Zealanders. 


LOCATION:Burns 6, Arts (Burns) Building, Albany Street, University of Otago, Dunedin
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