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

IN this book Dr. Codrington gives us the results of observations and inquiries made in the Melanesian Islands from 1863, when he first visited them, to 1887, when he left the Melanesian Mission ...

SEVERAL books, mainly by missionaries, have been written on particular islands or groups of islands in Melanesia, but with the exception of Dr. Codring-ton's “The Melanesians: Studies in their ...

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

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 ...

Melanesians respect RI' s sovereignty Men in black: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) meets with Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) delegates at his office in Jakarta on Wednesday ...

The Orang Asli, namely the Negrito (Melanesians), the Senoi (a mix of Melanesians and those of Champa Malay stock from Vietnam and Cambodia), and Aboriginal Malays (Melayu Asli) are bumiputeras.

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 ...

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 ...

For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few groups with blonde hair outside Europe.