Here we report on microfossil analysis of human dental calculus from Lapita (3000–2600 yr
BP) and post-Lapita (2300–2000 yr BP) burials from Vao and Uripiv, Vanuatu. Phytoliths of …

As James Cook and his men on the Resolution and Discovery sailed through Polynesia and
the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, they were treated to a number of welcome …

The languages of Vanuatu are uniformly Austronesian, but have long been described as
“aberrant.” Blust (2005) points out a number of morphosyntactic features of the Vanuatu …

Some twenty years ago, Paul Geraghty offered a large-scale survey of the retention and loss
of Proto-Oceanic* R across Eastern Oceanic languages, and concluded that* R was" lost in …

Qui étaient les Lapita, ce peuple qui, il y a plus de 3 000 ans, a colonisé nombre des îles du
Pacifique, pour certaines alors inconnues? Qui étaient ces hommes, comment ont-ils …

This paper looks at some problematic aspects of the history of human settlement of the
Solomon Islands over the last three millennia. 1 The initial spread of Oceanic languages into …

Marine adaptations are considered to have been significant factors in the evolution of our
species (Homo sapiens). As humans dispersed from Africa around 100 kya, marine …

PIXE–PIGME analysis of 19 obsidian artefacts from Lakeba Island in east Fiji identified
contact with northern Vanuatu in the post‐colonization period (c. 2500–1000 bp) of Fiji. The …

Comment les Tahitiens ont-ils conceptualisé le ciel pour en faire un instrument de mesure
astronomique? Leurs traditions apportent des explications sous forme de récits …

In the past 3 decades, environmental and climate change have been perceived by many as
severe threats to developing countries that also destabilize development efforts. Among …