This week, Anna and Amber journey to the island of Madagascar. Yeah, sure, there were once man-sized lemurs there, but we’re talking about the people of Madagascar, how and when they arrived on the island, their history, archaeology, and more! Plus, Anna discovers that maps are super useful.
Links
Malagasy? Or is it Madagascan? Our research provides the answer (The Conversation)
Madagascar: Precolonial Era, Prior to 1894 (via the Wayback Machine)
Researchers confirm timeline of human presence on Madagascar (Phys.org)
Ancient Madagascar Shows Humans Make New Places Suit Them (Futurity)
Genomic landscape of human diversity across Madagascar (PNAS)
What are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)? (MedlinePlus)
Ancient rice 'first evidence' Madagascan ancestors crossed Indian Ocean from South-East Asia (ABC)
Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion (PNAS)
The culture history of Madagascar (Journal of World Prehistory)
Time and the ancestors: Landscape survey in the Andrantsay region of Madagascar (Antiquity, via ResearchGate)
Madagascar / The Great Island: Contemporary Artists from Madagascar (Google Arts + Culture)
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