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Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians...
ScienceDaily ^ | Thursday, November 6, 2008 | Durham University

Posted on 11/06/2008 3:25:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Two Durham University scientists are to play a key part in a 6000km trip following the migration route of ancient Pacific cultures.

Drs Keith Dobney and Greger Larson, both from the Department of Archaeology, will be joining the voyage, which will be the first ever expedition to sail in two traditional Polynesian boats -- ethnic double canoes -- which attempts to re-trace the genuine migration route of the ancient Austronesians.

The main aim of the voyage is to find out where the ancestors of Polynesian culture originated but the Durham University researchers will also be examining the local wildlife.

Dr Larson will be joining the expedition as it sets off from the Southern Philippines in late October, and Dr Dobney will join it in February with another researcher linked with the University, Prof Atholl Anderson, when it leaves the southern Solomon islands en-route into the Pacific.

They will be furthering their own research work along their way, taking hundreds of samples from animals such as dogs, cats, chickens and pigs to use in their ongoing investigations into the origin of these important farmyard animals which the ancient Polynesians carried with them into the remote Pacific.

Work by Drs Larson and Dobney -- which probes the genetic make-up of domestic and commensal species linked with human migration -- has gained international media attention. Recent findings have focused on the origins and dispersal of domestic chickens and pigs.

The trip, called "Lapita-Voyage", will be crewed by two Polynesians, two scientists, a cameraman and the initiators James Wharram, Hanneke Boon (catamaran-designers) and Klaus Hympendahl (author and organiser of the project).

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
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Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians And Their Animals

Picture of the traditional Polynesian boats being used for the voyage. (Credit: Image courtesy of Durham University)
Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians And Their Animals

1 posted on 11/06/2008 3:25:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 11/06/2008 3:27:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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3 posted on 11/06/2008 3:27:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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New Lapita Find Re-dates Known Fiji Settlers (Jomon/Ainu)

"Staring out from an ancient piece of pottery, the mysterious face of a bearded man has given scientists a unique glimpse of what the first settlers of Fiji may have looked like."

"Preliminary analysis shows that the eerie-looking face consists of a prominent raised nose, the left eye and what might be eyelashes, said Roselyn Kumar of the University of the South Pacific's Institute of Applied Sciences."

4 posted on 11/06/2008 4:02:55 PM PST by blam
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This ones easy enough - they all started out on the island today known as...Taiwan.

It been shown that DNA, along with linguistic roots and a few other markers, link back to the indigenous tribes on Taiwan.
Recently, a year or so ago, they've even uncovered settlement artifacts that pre-date ones found over on mainland China. Of course its hard to get these things widely published or presented for peer review...wouldn't want to offend that "5,000 year old culture" (really just one year repeated 5,000 times) over to the west of Taiwan.
5 posted on 11/06/2008 5:10:06 PM PST by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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6 posted on 11/06/2008 9:35:00 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Thanks, only link off of there that looked like something related to Taiwan went to a web site for hosting web sites. I guess the original site went down.

I am amazed at the physical similarities of the indigs here on Taiwan, originally there were 12 or 13 indig tribes, and natives in South America, Central America and quite a few other places.


7 posted on 11/06/2008 9:55:12 PM PST by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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