[blam]

"Not what one would expect by language distribution either except slightly in central Asia."

Yup. Blood types and DNA are more reliable indicators than language though.

[JimSEA]

Blood types and DNA are more reliable indicators than language though

For sure, it does kind of fit the folk belief in origins in Southeast Asia now that I look at it more closely. However, the language distribution begs the question of the spotty mix of language families.

[Drammach]

For Your Perusal..

Traces of Archaic Mitochondrial Lineages Persist in Austronesian-Speaking Formosan Populations