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The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages

The Austronesian languages of the Pacific spread across 10,000 kilometers of coastline and sea within 1,500 years, the fastest and widest expansion of prehistoric times. Farmers led the way

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 265 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 265 No. 1 (), p. 88
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0791-88