Migration in Southeast Asia: It’s the other way around!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Southeast Asia | No Comments »

New genetic-level studies on Southeast Asian populations throw up new ideas about how humans migrated and populated this region - it may well turn out that the Austronesian expansion wasn't ... Read more..

Negritos or Malays: Who are the original inhabitants of the Philippines?

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Philippines | 1 Comment »

When I was younger, I remember reading in a Filipino children's book that the Filipinos were made up of a migratory Malay population. I didn't think much of it then ... Read more..

Tracing the development of agriculture across Southeast Asia

Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Southeast Asia, Vietnam | No Comments »

When it comes to tracing the movements and migrations of prehistoric communities across Southeast Asia, the Bellwood model stands out as one of the leading theories - humans moved Southwest ... Read more..

In Search of the World’s Most Ancient Mariners

Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted in Southeast Asia | No Comments »

19 October 2007 (Science) - Michael Balter reviews the latest scientific opinions about the nature of early human seafaring, covering when the earliest boats were made, migration into Australia, and ... Read more..

Timor cave may reveal how humans reached Australia

Monday, December 25th, 2006 Posted in Prehistory, Timor Leste | 1 Comment »

22 December 2006 (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald) - It's rare to hear about archaeological information from East Timor (Timor Leste). This one reports of the Jerimalai site, which was ... Read more..



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