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Navigation  &  Sea Travel

Kumara (Sweet Potato)

Its Enigmatic Distribution in Oceania

Sweet potatoes were a common food crop of the Austronesian people, which were abundantly cultivated in New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Islands.........

Calabash, A Discussion

on Its Cognates

Calabash, Lagenaria siceraria，is one of the crops which human beings have cultivated since very early times more than  5,000 years ago..........

From Bangka to Wa’a, how the word for “boat” evolved in Oceania

The theory of “Out of Taiwan” is proven by the evidences of linguistics, archaeology, genetics and ethnology.  Around 5,000 years ago, before people had made the decision to depart Taiwan.........

Findings in Vanuatu Reveal Their Origin

Such arguments are like a missing piece of a puzzle game. After the Vanuatu discovery, the missing piece has been found and the game will be over eventually..........

Parasite and Host both out of Taiwan 

"This is the first paper where bacteria were specifically used for human migration patterns," says Prof. Mark Achtman, The bacteria he used in his study is  a human pathogen Helicobacter pylori.........

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