Australia and Oceania

We review the evidence for the settlement of Australia and Oceania focusing on population history prior to the arrival of Europeans. Topics discussed include archaic admixture in the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians and New Guinea HighlandersNew Guinea Highlanders and gene flow from India to Australia. We review in detail the dual-migration history of Near OceaniaNear Oceania and the subsequent colonisation of Remote OceaniaRemote Oceania, the evidence for contact between South AmericaSouth America and Polynesia, and make special reference to the population of Santa CruzSanta Cruz.