Archaeological research in the Philippines has significantly intensified over the past 20
years and is producing useful insights into the Prehistory of this diverse archipelago that is of …

The Austronesian Diaspora is a 5,000-year account of how a small group of Taiwanese
farmers expanded to occupy territories reaching halfway around the world. Reconstructing …

Austronesian (AN) is the second-largest language family in the world, particularly
widespread in Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and Oceania. In Mainland Southeast Asia …

Abstract Throughout Southeast Asia, over the centuries the original traditional local
astronomical knowledge has been subjected to varying degrees of Chinese, Indian, Islamic …

This article reports on the genetic characteristics of the Ami and Yami, two aboriginal
populations of Taiwan. Y-SNP and mtDNA markers as well as autosomal SNPs were utilized …

The Philippines is considered one of the biodiversity hotspots for animal genetic resources.
In spite of this, population genetic structure, genetic diversity, and past population history of …

Southeast Asia (SEA) has one of the longest records of modern human habitation out-of-
Africa. Located at the crossroad of the mainland and islands of SEA, Peninsular Malaysia is …

The Philippines is a mega-diverse country that lies at the crossroads of past human
migrations in the Asia-Pacific region and is believed to have never been connected to the …

People were in the Americas before, during, and immediately after the Last Glacial
Maximum. Multiple data converge toward a deep chronology model for Homo genre …

The most westerly Pacific island chain, running from Taiwan southwards through the
Philippines, has long been central in debates about the origins and early migrations of …