Comments on: Researchers Trace the Pacific Migration Route Using Bacteria and Language

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:23:28 +0000

I just came back from Hawaii Polynesian Cultural Center (operated by Mormon BYU) few weeks ago, and surprisingly, our tour guide from the center (a student at BYU there and also a Taiwanese herself) explained the spread of Polynesian people came from East Asia but failed to mention Taiwan at all in the context of origin of Polynesian people. So either she is not properly informed or not allowed to mention Taiwan at all.

By: Angikinui Francis

Angikinui Francis — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:02:31 +0000

a nutshell sweep of the global migration trend that branched off into asia and into the pacific – with a total assumption of course of human beginnings in africa. fine and well i suppose.
the predominance of christian (including mormon) doctrines in the pacific has spread an understanding of the peopling of the pacific as an east-west phenomenon – from south america into the pacific. and this goes down well with some cultish focus on the spread of egyptians or israelites thru the americas into the pacific. this religious-based belief, coupled with the european early concentration in eastern polynesia (triangle polynesia) has consolidated this understanding into even the folklore level of cultural groups in the pacific.
great to see scientific findings becoming more definite and clear-cut, although i suspect that cultural developments (and including the social impacts on baterial evolve – metamorphosis) may still be quite open to varrying directions of growth and transferring.
these kinds of findings too can be linked with the conclusions over the lapita pottery culture spread (with specific attention to the second wave of austranesian asia-pacific migration). this lapita pottery culture spread is specifically linked to the early polynesian spread – sometimes referred to as proto-polynesian people and culture.

By: Danee HAZAMA

Danee HAZAMA — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:42:57 +0000

I live in Polynesia and have done ethnographic research 2 years in Taiwan with the indigenous peoples there. I have found various cultural similarities and big differences between them and the peoples of the Pacific.

By: Jinn

Jinn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:43:05 +0000

That’s the word we use for breasts too here in the Philippines (well, at least the “tagalogs” do. i don’t know about the other ethnic groups).

By: Lily wen

Lily wen — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:20:22 +0000

I am the indigenous of Taiwan my tribe is Rukai, i do think we have so many comman in the language with the pacific people, i just back from Samoa, i find out we do have close relationship, like breasts they said Su su, in my rukai languages we said Su su too.i really think we are the family in long time ago.