Vanuatu: ancient DNA

Y-DNA

samples

mtDNA

samples

People whose remains archaeologists found and whose DNA labs have read. The date is the middle of the dating interval, radiocarbon or by archaeological context. Branches link to branch pages where one exists. All archaeological cultures

Y-DNA

By period #

1,000–0 BCE

7 · 29.2%

0–1,000 CE

8 · 33.3%

1,000–2,000 CE

9 · 37.5%

Y-DNA

Branches #

9 · 37.5%

3 · 12.5%

2 · 8.3%

1 · 4.2%

1 · 4.2%

1 · 4.2%

1 · 4.2%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

Ni-Vanuatu 14
Lapita 10

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Date	Branch	Study
Teouma 30B I5266	Lapita	Teouma, Efate	925 BCE	O-M119 ?	Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Teouma 5951 I5951	Lapita	Teouma Quarry Edge, Efate	860 BCE	O-F157 ?	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.); Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Malakula 4 MAL004	Lapita	Urpiv, Malakula	617 BCE	M-SK1858	Posth et al. 2018 (Nat. Ecol. Evol)
Tanna 2 TAN002	Lapita	Tanna	540 BCE	M-Z30916 ?	Posth et al. 2018 (Nat. Ecol. Evol)
Taplins 149 I6188	Lapita	Mele-Taplins, Efate	450 BCE	C-Z31901 ?	Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Mele-Taplins 1 I4451	Lapita	Mele-Taplins, Efate	310 BCE	S-FT384017	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Nakmaroro 3 NAK003	Ni-Vanuatu	Nakmaroro, Aniwa	18 BCE	S-P307	Feldman et al. 2026
Epi 4096 I4096	Lapita	Burumba, Epi Island	645 CE	M-FT385000	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Epi 3921 I3921	Lapita	Burumba, Epi Island	690 CE	M-FT385000	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Tanna 4 TAN004	Ni-Vanuatu	Tanna, Tanna	700 CE	S-FTC416 ?	Feldman et al. 2026
Nakmaroro 1 NAK001	Ni-Vanuatu	Nakmaroro, Aniwa	714 CE	S-FTC415	Feldman et al. 2026
Futuna 6 FUT006	Lapita	Futuna	741 CE	S-FT384017	Posth et al. 2018 (Nat. Ecol. Evol)
Futuna 7 FUT007	Lapita	Futuna	746 CE	S-FT384017	Posth et al. 2018 (Nat. Ecol. Evol)
Gogone 1 GOG001	Ni-Vanuatu	Gogone, Aniwa	832 CE	S-FTC415	Feldman et al. 2026
Futuna 10 FUT010	Ni-Vanuatu	Futuna, Tafea	872 CE	S-FTC419	Feldman et al. 2026
Eretok 14493 I14493	Ni-Vanuatu	Burial, Eretok	1,550 CE	C-FT12640 ?	Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Eretok 10968 I10968	Ni-Vanuatu	Burial, Eretok	1,600 CE	C-FT12640 ?	Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Tanna 5 TAN005	Ni-Vanuatu	Tanna, Tanna	1,737 CE	M-Z30916 ?	Feldman et al. 2026
Tanna 1 TAN001	Ni-Vanuatu	Tanna	1,748 CE	O-F17803 ?	Posth et al. 2018 (Nat. Ecol. Evol)
Banana Bay 5 EFE005	Ni-Vanuatu	Banana Bay, Efate	1,795 CE	C-M208 ?	Lipson et al. 2020 (Curr. Biol.)
Wambi Bay 1 I4105	Ni-Vanuatu	Wambi Bay, Epi	1,800 CE	O-FT390102	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Efate Pango 1 I4424	Ni-Vanuatu	Pango Village, Efate	1,810 CE	M-FTK15900	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Wambi Bay 2 I4106	Ni-Vanuatu	Wambi Bay, Epi Island	1,810 CE	O-FT390102	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)
Efate 4419 I4419	Ni-Vanuatu	Banana Bay, Efate	1,810 CE	S-FT192935	Lipson et al. 2018 (Curr. Biol.)