Austronesian

The final "pulse" of migration reaches the furthest corners of the Polynesian Triangle , including Hawaii , Easter Island , and finally New Zealand . Maritime Mastery

Genetic and linguistic evidence points to as the ancestral homeland, with migrations beginning roughly 5,000 years ago . austronesian

Early Austronesians move from Taiwan into the Philippines . The final "pulse" of migration reaches the furthest

Expansion into the Bismarck Archipelago and the western Pacific, where the Lapita culture emerged. with migrations beginning roughly 5