Atholl Anderson wrote that analysis of mtDNA (female) and Y chromosome (male) concluded that the ancestors of Polynesian women came from Taiwan while those of Polynesian men came from New Guinea.
Atholl Anderson曾提出，通过对mtDNA（女性所有）和Y染色体（男性所有）的分析所得出的结论表明，波利尼西亚女性的祖先来自台湾，而男性的祖先来自新几内亚。