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A recent archaeological study has revealed that artifacts excavated from various sites in the Marianas, including Tinian, Saipan and Ritidian Beach Cave in Guam, could be some of the oldest
MANGILAO (UOG) — A University of Guam archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Marianas were lures used for hunting octopuses and that the devices, which have
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Ancestry of Mariana Islanders linked to Philippines study enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 15) A study of two ancient skeletons recovered from Guam indicates that the early settlers of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific may have originated from the Philippines. Scientists from Germany and Australia analyzed the DNA of two 2,200-year-old skeletons from the Ritidian Beach Cave site in Guam, which is the largest island in the Marianas, and “found that their ancestry is linked to the Philippines.” “Moreover, they are closely related to early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu and Tonga, suggesting that the early Mariana Islanders may have been involved in the colonization of Polynesia,” the study added. Vanuatu and Tonga are countries in the Pacific.
2020/12/24 14:44 Archaeologists have traced the origins of early inhabitants of Guam to Taiwan and the Philippines. (Hung Hsiao-chun photo) Archaeologists have traced the origins of early inhabitants of Guam to Taiwan and the Philippines. (Hung Hsiao-chun photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) An international team of archaeologists has traced the origins of Guam s first inhabitants to Taiwan and the Philippines based on DNA samples collected on the U.S. territory. The team, which consisted of Taiwanese researcher Hung Hsiao-chun (洪曉純) of The Australian National University and her colleagues from Germany and Guam, analyzed ancient DNA from two skeletons found in the Ritidian Beach Cave site in northern Guam that were dated to around 2,200 years ago. The team found that the samples overlapped with modern samples from Taiwan and the Philippines, suggesting that the early inhabitants of the three places shared common ancestors.
In new research, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Australian National University and the University of Guam analyzed ancient DNA from two humans who lived on Guam 2,200 years ago and found that their ancestry is linked to the Philippines. Moreover, they are closely related to ancient humans from Vanuatu and Tonga, suggesting that the early Mariana Islanders may have been involved in the colonization of Polynesia. Tahitian warrior dugouts from ‘ Le Costume Ancien et Moderne’ by Giulio Ferrario, Milan, between 1816 and 1827. Humans reached the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific by 3,500 years ago, contemporaneous with or even earlier than the initial peopling of Polynesia.
E-Mail IMAGE: Excavation work area outside the Ritidian Beach Cave site in northern Guam, Mariana Islands. view more Credit: Hsiao-chun Hung To reach the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific, humans crossed more than 2,000 kilometres of open ocean, and around 2,000 years earlier than any other sea travel over an equally long distance. They settled in the Marianas around 3,500 years ago, slightly earlier than the initial settlement of Polynesia. We know more about the settlement of Polynesia than we do about the settlement of the Mariana Islands , says first author Irina Pugach, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The researchers wanted to find out where people came from to get to the Marianas and how the ancestors of the present Mariana Islanders, the Chamorro, might be related to Polynesians.