Melanesians are black island people in the south pacific that migrated over thousands of years ago, long before the blacks ...

There are genetic variants in modern Melanesians that are found in very few populations. Scientists writing in the publication Science think they have worked out where they came from ...

Fiji hopes a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on its history of violent coups can heal the divisions between its two main ...

Modern Melanesians, who today inhabit the geographical region stretching from New Guinea out to Fiji, have retained a disproportionate amount of archaic DNA from both Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Genome Scan Shows Polynesians Have Little Genetic Relationship To Melanesians Date: January 23, 2008 Source: Temple University Summary: The origins and current genetic relationships of Pacific ...

Modern Melanesians harbor genetic components passed on from Denisovans, a new study suggests. In the past, ancestors of many modern human populations interbred with other hominin species that have ...

Small populations of Melanesians -- among the most genetically diverse people on the planet -- have significant differences in their mitochondrial DNA that can be linked to where they live, the ...

Modern-day Melanesians carry a two-pronged genetic legacy of ancient interbreeding that still affects their health and well-being, researchers say. Unlike people elsewhere in the world, these ...

Modern Melanesians harbor beneficial genetic variants that they inherited from archaic Neanderthal and Denisovan hominins, according to a new study.

How a Distant Ancestor's DNA Helps Reveal What Makes Us Human Modern Melanesians share genes with Denisovans, but it’s the missing ones that are most telling.