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The Peopling of the Pacific

It began 40,000 years ago with the first-known ocean voyages. How Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia were colonized later is suggested by linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 243 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Peopling of the Pacific” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 243 No. 5 (), p. 174
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1180-174