The Epic Voyages That Landed Humans In Remote Corners Of Oceania
By Tom Hale
05 Mar 2018, 15:02
The Pacific islands were one of the last places on Earth to be inhabited by humans. Even 3,000 years ago, when the Great Pyramid of Giza had stood for 800 years, large parts of the Pacific islands were still untouched by human feet.
Ancient DNA evidence is now telling us that humans made a complex series of three epic migrations across vast open plains of crystal-clear waters in canoes. One of the strangest things about this migration is that the current inhabitants of Vanuatu speak languages rooted in Southeast Asia, yet share most of their genetic ancestry with Papua New Guinea.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-epic-voyages-that-landed-humans-in-remote-corners-of-oceania/
