Tag: Pacific Islands

  • Nation & World

    Tracing history of early seafarers through genes

    New genetic research shows untold migration to remote Pacific islands was generally matrilocal.

    5 minutes
    A palm-lined jungle coastline on Guam.
  • Nation & World

    The greatest migration

    The peopling of Polynesia’s far-flung islands may be the most epic migration story of all time. Harvard Review Editor Christina Thompson’s book “Sea People” examines the latest evidence of who the Polynesians were and how they did it.

    9 minutes
    Christina Thompson at the Peabody Museum.
  • Nation & World

    A possible aid for navigators

    John Huth, the creator of the popular “Primitive Navigation” course, spent most of last summer investigating a mysterious phenomenon called “underwater lightning,” which some say can be used as a navigational tool.

    5 minutes