With white sandy beaches and azure waters for miles around, the tropical island chains of the South West Pacific Ocean are a slice of heaven for tourists. But just how the first settlers came to call ...

The 24 major island groups of the Pacific Ocean were settled by early Austronesians between 3,500 and 900 years ago, but little is known about how these isolated islands were colonized. Now, ...

Researchers employed computer simulations and climatic data to help them explore the travels that led to the settlement of islands in Remote Oceania. The colonization of far-flung Remote Oceania some ...

For two weeks, the eyes of the Pacific turned to Guam as our island and people hosted the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, or FestPac. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to learn the stories and ...

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus set foot on the so called "New World", ushering in a cycle of occupation, violence, genocide and slavery: this was the beginning of colonization. Colonization ...

This paper summarizes the evidence for prehistoric subsistence systems in the Western Pacific. A number of points are made. First, that there is evidence for the genetic manipulation of plants and the ...