Expansion into the Bismarck Archipelago and the western Pacific, where the Lapita culture emerged.
The final "pulse" of migration reaches the furthest corners of the Polynesian Triangle , including Hawaii , Easter Island , and finally New Zealand . Maritime Mastery austronesian
Genetic and linguistic evidence points to as the ancestral homeland, with migrations beginning roughly 5,000 years ago . Expansion into the Bismarck Archipelago and the western
Early Austronesians move from Taiwan into the Philippines . with migrations beginning roughly 5