We acknowledge the support of :
- The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France) for the project of The French Prehistoric Mission in Papua New Guinea : “Évolution chrono-culturelle du peuplement préhistorique de la Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée : des premiers chasseurs-cueilleurs aux premiers horticulteurs” (2017, 2018, 2019).
- The National Geographic Society (Grant HJ-156R-17) for the project “Prehistory of the Karawari region in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea” (2018).
- The Leakey Foundation “Adaptive introgression from Denisova at high-altitude in New Guinea” (2019).
- The Royal Society of New Zealand “Assessing the functional impact of archaic introgression in Island Southeast Asia” (2019).
The following institutions are involved in the project.
- University of Papua New Guinea, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) (University, Waigani NCD, PNG).
- National Museum and Art Gallery, Papua New Guinea (Boroko, PNG).
- Institute of Medical Research (IMR), Papua New Guinea (Goroka, Eastern Highlands, PNG).
- The National Research Institute (NRI), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby, PNG).
- University of Toulouse (Toulouse, France)
- French National Center for Scientific Research (Toulouse, France).
- French National Museum of Natural History (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle MNHN) (Paris, France) and UMR7194 CNRS.
- The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) (Paris, France)