[Dysart]

You seen this yet?

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The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians. They said this supported the view that these migrating seafarers originated in Taiwan and coastal China at least 3,500 years ago.

Newsflash: dateline tommorrow ... China puts forth a claim that Polynesia and Micronesia are upstart provinces that were historically part of China and shall henceforth be known as "Polynesia, province of China" and "Micronesia, province of China." And the KittyHawk is warned to stay the heck away.

[squarebarb]

I wonder what group the Taiwan aborigines belong to?

Perhaps the Ainu/beachcombers/Jomon that someone suggested, and not the present-day population of Taiwan?

[Verginius Rufus]

This is not as new as The New York Times is claiming. Maybe there is now more evidence, but I saw a book published a few years ago that already said that the Polynesians' ancestry was from Taiwan.

[Hawthorn]

I wonder why the article doesn’t mention the Polynesians of Madagascar?

[S.O.S121.500]

bookBUMP

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, forgot to add you to the addressing.

[martin_fierro]

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[shuckmaster]

We already knew that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians. The question is where the Melanesians came from?