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Madagascans are related to Indonesians, who like Polynesians have been traced back, ultimately, to Taiwan. There has been recent mixing with Australians. This h
by ncmncm 4y ago
Madagascans are related to Indonesians, who like Polynesians have been traced back, ultimately, to Taiwan. There has been recent mixing with Australians. This happened historically quite recently.
The marimba started life as the gamelan. The language is also Indonesian.
The arrival is dated only 800ya.
- TSiege 4y agoYou are correct. My bad! I am unable to edit or delete that comment since too much time has passed but ncmncm is correct. I conflated Austronesian migration with Australian
- ncmncm 4y agoMore interesting is genetic connections between people at the tip end of South America and Australians. This is usually explained as their common ancestor being the first to enter and populate the Americas. Then, subsequent waves displaced and diluted them except at the extremum of their range. That probably means the first wave crossed not long after people got to Australia, and maybe via a similar route, i.e. island hopping, at least 50,000 years ago. They count four major waves of migration into the Americas, not counting any that left no mark.