[Paper] Delineating the dispersal of Y-chromosome sub-haplogroup O2a2b-P164 among Austronesian-speaking populations
Study links Austronesian speakers via Y-chromosome O2a2b-P164, revealing ancestral migration from Asia to Oceania.
Tag: Micronesia (region)
Region of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean roughly east of the Philippines.
[Paper] The Beaked Adze in the Western Pacific
Discover the role of beaked adzes in Pacific prehistory: symbols of status in Micronesia and dual-purpose tools in Melanesia.
[Paper] Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers
via Science, 30 June 2022: A new genetic study of nearly 300 ancient and modern humans in Micronesia suggests five ...
Progress made on Partnership Addressing WWII Shipwrecks in the Pacific
via SPREP (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme), 19 November 2019: The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme is working on a ...
UO archaeologists cast doubt on controversial ‘hobbit’ theory
I remember posting about the Palau hobbits 10 (!) years ago when the story came out, and how there was ...
Palau bones are not hobbits
Well, it had to happen soon enough. After the controversial discovery of similar hobbit-like skeletons from Micronesian Palau, a joint ...
Palau skeletons and Homo floresiensis on National Public Radio
The National Public Radio's Science Friday programme has a 12-minute interview with Lee Berger, the principal investigator of the Palau ...
More "Hobbits" found, in Micronesia now
Following the suggestion from last week's controversial paper about the nature of the Flores Hobbits comes a new discovery that ...
Pacific Islanders’ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study
New light is shed of how the pacific islands were populated in a study published in the journal of the ...
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