The Pacific region provides unique opportunities to study human evolution including through
analyses of ancient DNA. While some of the earliest studies involving ancient DNA from …

The history of sweet potato in the Pacific has long been an enigma. Archaeological,
linguistic, and ethnobotanical data suggest that prehistoric human-mediated dispersal …

Today, most people from Hawai 'i speak Pidgin, Hawai 'i English, or both. This paper
presents a brief discussion of the history of both the creole (called Pidgin or Hawaii Creole) …

Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the
world. It has captured the imagination of many owing to its archaeological record, which …

Conventional narratives describe the United States as a continental country bordered by
Canada and Mexico. Yet, since the late twentieth century the United States has claimed …

Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) was one of the first domesticated plants, and the only one
with a global distribution during pre-Columbian times. Although native to Africa, bottle gourd …

Understanding the peopling of the Americas remains an important and challenging
question. Here, we present 14 C dates, and morphological, isotopic and genomic sequence …

Summary Background Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the easternmost corner of the
Polynesian Triangle, is one of the most isolated locations on the planet inhabited by …

This article reviews the ways migration shapes human biology. This includes the
physiological and genetic, but also socio‐cultural aspects such as organization, behavior …

Abstract Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is well known for the enigmas surrounding its unique
megalithic statues, the moai, and the prehistoric (ie, pre-European contact) Rapanui society …