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You are correct. My bad! I am unable to edit or delete that comment since too much time has passed but ncmncm is correct. I conflated Austronesian migration wi

• ncmncm 4y ago
  More interesting is genetic connections between people at the tip end of South America and Australians. This is usually explained as their common ancestor being the first to enter and populate the Americas. Then, subsequent waves displaced and diluted them except at the extremum of their range. That probably means the first wave crossed not long after people got to Australia, and maybe via a similar route, i.e. island hopping, at least 50,000 years ago. They count four major waves of migration into the Americas, not counting any that left no mark.