Genetic History of the Pacific Islands: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2017
- Today we're looking at the genetic history of the Pacific islands, including the regions of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand.
The Pacific region is one of the most expansive regions on the planet, and has a huge amount of racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity as well, and it's one of the most interesting places to study.
Let me know your thoughts on the Pacific region, as well as leaving me a question for my 1K subs Q&A!
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Masaman how do you conduct your research?
Masaman I Love your channel Bro! very accurate!
Masaman Hi.. I have a few questions. Im very intrigued with Pacific Islanders as well. They're just so desolated n under talked about. Why do Micronesian have tight curly afro like hair n a dark complexion? I see Papua New Guineans and Aborigenes (i dnt think I spelt that right) look like they're from Africa, some look a bit south indian as well. Also, some say south east asians are polynesians.. True or False? They say the people of Borneo have polynesian blood. Also... out of context but what is ur ethnicity? n if u're in college or was in college, What was ur major?
love your videos can you make a video israeli ethnicities.
love your videos can you make a video for different types ethnic groups of israel.
As a Pacific Islander, I'm so glad there's a dude out there who gave a shit about our existence enough to make this awesome video!
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As a Pacific islander I don't give a sh!t and don't need some random guy I have no connection to acknowledge us for validation.
Ahhahahhahahaha true dat. Cheeee hooooo
Yes Polynesians are racially mix people with Melanesians.
Don’t use Poly, Mela, and Micro. They were created by Europeans to divide us Oceanic peoples. We’re not small islands in a vast ocean, we’re an ocean full of islands.
Thaàaats right
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Looks like to me they are all the same and come from the same people. They started out one way and between the Japanese and Europeans, they mixed in and well, we all know the rest...
I agree we are all islanders even if Aotearoa is big it still has polynesian people on it
FACTS💯
Pacific Islanders are such a diverse and beautiful group of people :)
i'm so proud to be a pacific islander
Really they are. I am a White Man.
Yessir they are I can vouch for that my ancenstor from china p.s. genghis khan is one
YEAH WE ARE!!😂💕
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At least he’s trying. So many people out here trying to correct him or make him sound stupid, make your own video then.
@Sateki Taulanga Except most of these comments ought to be questions because, as corrections, they mostly belong in the circular file. Just people talking whimsically or superficially, as if they know something. In fact they are talking out of their behinds.
There's a scientific reason why people are grouped as Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian. Distinctions of language types, distinct cultural differences, and haplo groupings, this is all standard fare in Anthropology. Languagewise, all three belong to the Austronesian language family. Similar to the way Spanish, Italian, Portuguese are in the Latin family. In a 10 minute video, how much can one pack in?
(BBC has a five part series on here, each one 48 mins long and they couldn't pack in all details. But really worth the price of admission--free! :). . . And, if you love reading, Christina Thompson's The Sea People is worth the time and money).
It's true that there's a strain of African origins, but chronologically, that is so distant in the past that while it's a fact, it wasn't relevant to this video, though it showed up in the graphic with all the arrows showing the movements over time. The earliest time frame relevant to this video is 1000 BC. Africa would have been relevant in the 4,000 - 5,000 BC range or perhaps even further back. Maoris arrived in NZ only about 800 years ago.
By the way, Taiwan is more recent Africa by far in the chronology, but still not relevant to this video so it wasn't mentioned. But geneticists and linguists have traced the Polynesian people back to Taiwan, where the indigenous people there today still have many words that are found in the Polynesian language. Hence they are considered to have originated from Asia. But before Taiwan, there was some other places going back, and going even further back by several thousands of years, you get to Mozambique.
So the kind of "corrections' down below really work better as questions. As sniping, not so much.
@@happyhaze1526 tldr
PandaSnot 17 its not about making our own videos, its about US not putting information out there as if its correct, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the pcific where westerners DONT know who we are.
Ok I guess?
I understand but it’s just criticism not hate. Just ask them
Also, Fijians are Melanesian but they are often grouped in with Polynesians due to their close relations with the older Polynesian islands Tonga and Samoa and sharing a lot of the same culture and traditions.
avilik13 That's right! Polynesian are not same people with Fijian but they have close relationship, especially with Tonga.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince if Samoans are Chinese mutts does that make Fijians Indian mutts? Just shut your stupid ignorant uneducated ass up. The Chinese and those with part Chinese ancestry in Samoa make up less than 5% whilst Indians make up more than half of the Fijian population. Idiot. Just about every Pacific country was colonized and Samoa was the first Pacific Island nation to gain independence. And despite Fiji having close ties to Polynesia like I said in my original comment, Fiji is still majority Melanesian and only has small groups of Polynesians plus the Rotumans. Also, a lot of Polynesian lore dictates Samoa, more specifically Savaii is the motherland of the Polynesian people. And controversial but it's believed Tonga got it's name from 'itu i toga' which means south because it's south of Samoa. Where do you think places like Havaii, Uporu, Hawaii and Hamoa get their names? And Havaiki said to be where Eastern Polynesians came from? It's dumbasses like you spewing uneducated unsubstantiated nonsense that divides our people. Kae.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince how are you gonna tell me, someone with bloodlines entrenched in Savaii, that I don't know my own history? LOL
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince please tell me where exactly the Fijian ties on those islands are.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince there is Samoa mythology tied to Fiji like Sina ma le Tuna and Vae o Moso but please show me where Samoa is a part of the Fijian kingdom.
I'm Romanian and I've always considered Oceania (the actual islands, not Australia or New Zealand) heaven on earth. I hope to visit at least some of the islands one day. I find the culture and history fascinating. Life must be so different there compared to Europe. Today it snowed here and it's freezing cold. I used to love snow and cold, but this year, I just want sun, light and warmth. Sending love to all the pacific islanders ❤️
I'm American and feel the same.
New Zealand is a Pacific island with Polynesian natives dickhead
New Zealand IS a pacific island/s. It's really upsetting to see people view New Zealand to be seperate from the rest of the Pacific islands when it's NOT
New Zealand is part of the Pacific with similar culture. This is very different to Australia.
New Zealand and Australia are still part of the South Pacific islands because of its indigenous peoples
I am a serbian guy.
I find these cultures very interesting.
Thank you for finding our culture interesting 🙂
Vrlo su interesantni slazem se
We're not that interesting tbh. We're boring simpletons.
@@no8604 speak for yourself matausi
@@no8604 Hey tamana let them take interest in our culture moce😏👋
Well, most Taiwanese, despite calling themselves Han Chinese, is actually Austronesian people adapted to Chinese culture. Like me, being a member of the Siraya tribe in Taiwan, finds out our language has a lot of words quite similar to say languages like Fijian, Hawaiian or Filipino language(Tagalog). Our language also has quite the similar grammar.
Kasikasiven Djinn that’s interesting, can you mention a few words similar to tagalog or indonesian?
Are u serious
@@thegigadykid1 Yes search for it
@@bhaktipasaribu
Bisaya in philippines more similar than tagalog hehe
Bahasa or baha flood or flooded
They belong to the same language family tree - Austronesian language
one correction : Many melanesian blondes still maintain their blondness into adulthood...
PNG LeagueTV yes I met an adult woman from the Solomon Islands and she still had blonde in her hair.
Of-course! There's many in papua new guinea as well
Hyperion Prime It's not, it can occur entirely independent. The blonde gene in melanesians is entirely different from the European variant
Hyperion Prime Did you not hear what he said?
Hyperion Prime That's pretty fucking subjective mate
I am chamaro and Italian. My Dad was in the navy and married my mother from Guam on Saipan . Then moved stateside back to NYC and I was born and raised. Thanks for the documentaries.
Guam and hawaii are Pacific islanders but are not usually included because they are US territory,...and new Zealand as well because of white dominance I guess
Nesians in siblings form
💠Melanesia is the big brother(gets praised for being unique)
💠Micronesia is the middle kid(best thing about being the middle child no body bothers them)
💠And Polynesia the youngest( gets all the attention)
😁😁
I'm micronesian and I get all the attention tho..... So what am I really???
hey... can austronesian fit in too..?
@@tananera7259 austro???
@@rickymon3577 you’re Ricky mon from Micronesia lol 🤙🤣😂
“Picked up several Polynesian women” lol meaning kidnapped
Fr
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You are correct! 😥
Right lmfao... Wtf
They weren't kidnapped. Their own leaders traded them for resources from the Europeans. FACTS......
Solomon Islanders blonde hair did not come from Europeans
if this guy is gonna do a topic on the history of these territories he needs to stop stating incorrect assumptive information, also why not mention Africans? This is why you can't get your education from CZcams.
Why would he mention Africans? What do Africans have to do with the Pacific Islands?
Dennis Evans She's probably referring to early populations of people that were said to have migrated out of Africa.
Dennis Evans it was and is the foundation .. why mention Europeans and they immigrated there?🤷🏽♂️
The video is about the genetic history of Pacific Islanders. When non-Pacific Islanders immigrated to the islands and had kids with indigenous populations, the genetic make up of those islands changed ie Pitcairn Island. Populations of Africans didn't emigrate from Africa to the Pacific Islands in order to impact any Pacific Islanders or indigenous Australians genetics so why would he talk about their impact on people which have very distinct genes from them?
I am super grateful I had the chance to take my bucket list trip to Melanesia. I am a black man from USA, and I felt right at home when I visited Fiji and Vanuatu. The Fijians and the Ni-Vans treated me very well. Looking forward to my next trip back.
Bro Fiji people are mix people but vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands and Tostrait Islands you'll discover true tribe of Judah Kingdom Of David is found.
@@mmiller8373 its basically known as a melting pot of the south Pacific. Fijians are melanesian with an admixture of polynesian
@@danserevi4569 100% true
Why cuz there skin they ain't related to you guys
@@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587 where are the Tostrait islands located? I’ve never heard of this place. Also, in response to your comment, respectfully- some Fijians are mixed with Indian and the native Fiji people, who are Melanesian. I saw a lot of blacks in Nadi when I was there.
I am blessed to be a Pacific Islander (full blooded Fijian) on this wonderful God created planet Earth.
Cool fact: Papua New Guinea is mainly made up of two groups: the Papuans who first inhabited the mainland of the island and then the Austronesian who settled along the coasts and surrounding i smaller islands, but overall PNG is Melanesian island
I think I might be both Papuan and Austronesian , I look like a PNGean but not really like a native native Papuan.
Hope you get what I mean.
@@rossittanotere6258 totally understand! There's definitely mixes of groups and culture and that's why we are so DIVERSE in appearances 😁! Are you also from PNG? I'm from Papua New Guinea and my family comes from the islands (predominantly austronesian descent) surrounding the mainland(predominantly papuan). In physical appearance and cultural terms we're sort of different from most ethnic groups from the mainland. But that's rlly cool to hear from someone like you😄
@@larren1581 aww thanks and yess I'm a Papua New Guinean too🇵🇬😍😘👊
I have some Papuan in my ancestry, my dna results says some Melanesian and I’m trying to look into it. I’m mainly Native American and European. I do know my 4x great grandma was a Spanish explorer who spent some time in Papuan , which that could be where I have Melanesian from
@@danicamarie6640 THAT'S. SO. COOL! Obviously it makes perfect sense since PNG did encounter quite few Spanish and Portuguese explorers as well as British and German colonisation. Welcome to the family! We could be long lost cousins😅
Living over 13 years in the Micronesian islands of the Marshall Islands, I find that the Pacific Ocean is so unique and awe inspiring.
Awesome Brother
Youre definitely scratching the surface my friend. While everyone's going in on you for mispronouncing names, and not being as informed of their homeland as they are I respect your desire to learn and share your enthusiasm for Oceanic cultures and countries. There's a lot of other intertwining history and genetics going on. I suggest you watch some of the documentaries done by Plummtree Productions. I'm a Micronesian from Chuuk and everytime I tell someone that they give me a blank stare like I am just making it up haha just glad you are much more informed about the area Im from than the average American.
LukanorPride; One thing about the dwendling original Melanated Human populations all throughout earth is we are always so appreciative to be acknowledged by others, too willing to open our doors to our lands and cultures, too giving. This is how the conquests and conquering and dilution of your ancetrial identity starts..the fascination and admiration, the visitors become you and your forefathers and foremothers become a part of your secrets and shame.. We need to learn to be mindful in order to continue to exist is to stop opening doors and hearts too widely to foreigners if in fact genetics and culture is important to keep in tact. That's not racism, but just preservation.
Europeans practice preservation of their original cultures, European ethnicity amongst themselves more successfully than we do globally.
And no one ever ridicules or questions that basic right understanding. That in order to have identity you must keep true to it, acknowledge and teach your true identity and take pride in it.
Thats so sad,I get those blank stares too when I tell them I'm a Melanesian from Maluku.
White Man here, You are welcome. Thank me later.
well.....not to be a total dickhead
but........considering a lot of Americans can't even pinpoint there own country/state on a world map........i see this not as an achievement but rather basic information that is not needed but useful and makes you a better human-being in total
but you are right about all the people making comments on his pronounciation, like he put in effort and all to make this for everyone......the least people can do is thank him for it
thank you maker of this video, as an western-Europian citizen i haven't learnt a single thing about even one of the many islands in the pacific (except for New-Zealand......but since it's so big for an ''island'' that one don't count haha)
Mic drop 👏🏽 Our natural inclination to be hospitable to visitors destroyed our cultures. And what you said about the visitors becoming our ancestors couldn’t have been more true, and European colonization speaks true to those facts.
The people of Oceania are great seafarers who travel by canoes when they island hop to one another. It was said that indigenous Fijians had the best canoes out of all of them and were brilliant seafarers too. I think this is also documented in historical books.
Yep its called the Drua .currently in Super rugby 🤣🤣🤣 Dou Bula .
I don’t know bout best seafarers lol. The rest of Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia had their legendary Vakas also
A fascinating componenet of Oceanic history that you didn't mention in this video is that there is massive amounts of evidence that the Polynesians had reached the Americas long before any European. There was a significant cultural trade of both language and tools such as boat design sand even foods. Its believed the polynesians are responsible for chickens coming to South America. Not only that, there is archaelogical evidence that polynesian explorers had managed to reach both the arctic circle as well as antarctica.
0lease post me so e links to the Arctic and antarctic. Tbh those points feel like a stretch. But they were trading sweet potato supposedly.
And he won’t Bc they are rewriting history in the USA to force a lie on who was here when the Europeans arrived! Wait until u find out afro Americans are not lying when they say they were here when Europeans and Africans arrived!
Kal-e-donia!, not Sal-e-Donia.
This is one of many mispronunciations he makes cross many videos. I didn't even want to comment on it but I noticed that too.
I noticed that too 😂
I was confused by Sal-e-Donia LOL.
now i want a salad. :/
@@longpinkytoes haha
We are one big happy family.....PACIFIKA....
one love from melanesian living in Bali
Met 2 Melanesian guys when I was under ICE custody and meeting them felt like meeting old friends. My love goes out to all Oceanic people, keep doing you and stay proud of your roots.
Hello from Melanesia🖐🖐
One interesting cultural fact; of all the Polynesian cultures, Tonga has been the best preserved. Though a British protectorate, European influence was less pervasive and an indigenous monarchy relatively stable. Queen Salote of Tonga was at coronation of Elizabeth II as a show of solidarity.
chiron14pl Lol NZ Maori and NZ as a land where once a British protectorate under NZs constitution that obviously didn't work out well in the end.
The Tongans need be VERY proud NZ Tahiti and Hawaii native governments went bust.
That's honestly sad. A lot of us Polynesians lost our cultures due to colonization. White people don't want to hear it anymore because they don't want to feel guilty
jogatu yeah but natives did a lot to destroy their own cultures. Try studying what happened to the Kapu system in Hawaii
Don't forget 'Uvea&Futuna :)
(These 2 french islands are between fidji tuvalu samoa and tonga) Even if we're French now we still preserve our culture which was mixed with Tongans/Fijians/Samoans
Btw Uvean language is rrrreaaaalllyyyyy reaallyyyyy close to Tongan with Niuafo'ou accent!
Same things for Futuna but their language and dances is similar to samoans/niueans🤔
And soooo yeah this is all I can say about it 🇼🇫🇼🇫
This just goes to show that you don't need european DNA in order to be born with blonde hair.
@ Skye ID They are probably the ONLY group of people who can have blonde hair without having any European ancestry.
Lol that's what you got out of this? Ok...
There's no such thing as European DNA. There's at most a distinction to be made based on a historical trace of the DNA haplogroups, in which there's probably a group to be found that can be called "European".
In the old blonde New Zealand folklore there's a tale that tells the history of the blonde race before they came to New Zealand. They fled from Persia/India because of a bloody war (read Mahabarta), whereafter some of them travelled further to South America (Peru). This becomes more and more unbelievable as it continues, however a trace on DNA haplogroups does confirm that a large group of people in India/Pakistan holds strong similarities to the blond New Zealander, and with a specific group of humans in the South America's.
It reads like a fairy tale :p
+Gerrit Jaap do you mean the patupaiare which is folklore
neurocytohemotoxic no... just no
I am an American, and I just made my second visit to New Zealand. I cannot wait to visit Micronesia and Melanesia.
Cool video. Answered all questions I could think of. Appreciate the time you took to research and explain.
You didn't say anything about PNG, PNG has the most spoken languages in the world.
Yes indeed, PNG have a diverse culture and also have different features and 800+ different languages, for instance, Papuans features are quite similar to Polynesian and they also adopt some of their culture whilst New Guineans have a similar features of the Native Aborigines. Can the presenter do a video on PAPUA NEW GUINEA🇵🇬🇵🇬 I'm very interested and it's also educatioal🙏👍
Yes...particularly Central people in Papua New Guinea have some features of Micronesians and Polynesians...
I like Pacific Islanders they are cool people. Very traditional
Very interesting & educational video. Well presentation , appreciate your effort. Thanks ;-D
That was a lovely video - well produced with a fantastic narrative - luvvit! I did a DNA ancestry test, and have 5% of my genes from Melanesia, and 1% from Polynesia ...no wonder I felt so much at home when I visited Whakarewarewa in NZ’s north island 😃
Why did you skip the mass genocide of Tasmania as well these videos tend to hide the sick nature of Europeans....im Irish and I know the horrible things Anglo Europeans did to us.
M Wallace BECAUSE HE IS TELLING HIS HISTORY! HIS TRUE!
The horribles things arent affecting you at all nowadays but the good things theyve done are
Since the late 18th century, "Europeans" in Australia have included a very high proportion of Irish or Irish-origin people, probably about a third of the white population of Australia during all those genocides you were talking about.
I hear you. Irish went through a lot too. The Germans came to what is now Britain and ran the Irish out of it making you live in the small islands. That's not where it stopped of course.
M Wallace did you know what those named Irish did to the indigenous twa pygmies
Great video. Thanks for the effort.
Thank you! Fascinating! I could listen to this all day.
Thanks for taking your time with this one. Hope there’s a more informed part 2
I love the videos you do! My parents got their ancestry DNA done and seeing that map and most of the countries highlighted ... Your history of the countries give me an idea of how my ethnic got so diverse.
I'm part Pacific Islander and it's so hard to find anything on my people
sydney wilson oi it’s not that hard fam lol jus find out what island your from 💁🏾
Basics here
Almost all of us(Melanesia, Polynesia and micronesia)
Speak Austronesian languages
But in melanesia they speak some languages called the Papuan languages which extended to Timor Leste
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
So informative. Thanks!
My adult relatives still have blonde hair. It doesnt change
Didn't mention why the Indian Fijian people's are present in the first place. The Indians were bought over to Fiji by the British when India was a British nation they were to labour for the British colonies at Fiji. When Fiji gained her independence the Indians chose to remain in the pacific as to escape the Indian caste system.
Calvin Indians remained in Fiji because they didn't have means to return to India as most were poor laborers. The British had put such hard conditions like they have to work as slaves to 12 years in sugarcane fields so that they could they could then return to India sponsored by British authorities, or else they would have to go on their own. Similar to those who now inhabit Caribbeans. Pls don't spread wrong information.
Calvin-They had a choice to leave or stay and many also left and it had nothing to do with the caste system. Maybe you need to read up on the Tamil of South India travelling across the South Pacific all the way to South America in the ships including the South Island of NZ there are records available if anyone wants to research! As for the colonisation of the Fijian Islands there were Giants on some of these lands including people known as 'leka' or the small people who only came out at sunset! The work of these giants are visible today in oneIsland that I know of but you will be lucky if the traditional owners will show you their handy work of massive solid granite structures in the shape of a "table" used for eating and rocks shaped for sitting on etc etc. The songs and dancer about these giants are still known by Elders but no longer performed!
@@sereanaduwai8313 According to Indian historians the Tamil's had a decent sized empire that extended from the South Indian Oceans to the Seas around South East Asia. Literally no sources mentioning them going through the pacific ocean.
Why can’t the Indian leave ?
@@bedruceisaiah5086 cos they lost the indian identity over generations
Great video !!!!! You did a very good job. When I look at your videos it is easy to remember the facts and the pictures doesn't happen with other videos so thank you and God bless you
Love your programs. I bet it takes weeks just to get a few minutes. So interesting. Amazing information.
i’ve been intrigued into the pasific islander culture since 2nd grade of middle school, i always read and search up everything about it since then, cant believe my obsession into this culture hasnt changed for almost 8 years lol
I know you don't want to do it for now but it would still be interesting if you could do a dna test :). A question for the Q&A : what made you tat interested in genetics, genealogy etc. ? And suggestions for next videos : The Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Mauricius, Reunion island etc.) and the Tuareg people.
Best channel on CZcams. Interesting as always.
I'm a subscriber from New Zealand. Naturally, I'm sensitive to anything dealing with Polynesia. I am impressed by this post. Some things new to me, but nothing glaringly in conflict with what I have learned, corrected, and re-learned over the past 60 years or so.
I wish you well with your ongoing efforts.
Hi Mason! Great gathering of information. Tell me maybe in another video, discuss the range of heights of the indigenous people of Polynesia compared to the other Pacific Islanders. Thanks
I am a Filipino and most of our natives resemble Pacific Islanders features. My heart is so happy while watching. How our ancestors from different countries made a connection along the globe through travelling and exploration. Just wow how people from different continents are connected.
I have been to the Philippines and I found out that alot of Filipinos resemble my people.
Great to hear. It's quite unfortunate that there's a lot of animosity and disinterested folks from the Pacific islands community when it comes to rekindling the ancient connection between southeast Asia and the Pacific. Oh well science is fact whether you believe it or not.
look nothing alike, ik manny pac look nothing like my cousins
Filipinos are short tbh...and we Polynesians are just so big and tall. But the facial features are definitely there lol...someone mistaken my islander dad to be a tall Filipino lol. Filipinos are the most kind hearted ppl
@@ufa7429 Because island gigantism is a phenomenon, most of Polynesia is literally just austronesian but taller and larger.
Your videos are Amazing,I'm into genetics and history and functional fitness. My background is Scotland, Irish,Isle of Man, British,German, Romanian,tiny bit Italian, Scandinavian. I'm Australian.
I'm an 🇮🇳Indian, according to my point of view Pacific Islanders are real citizens of Oceania, not European who Lived in Australia or New Zealand.
Sorry, I have European ancestry and was born here. I am an indigenous New Zealander. A native. The Maori who were here before my people, are also indigenous or native to this land.
Im proud to be micronesian.
🇬🇺🤙🏾
I lived in yap till I was 10. One day I was watching a video and I was stunned when a tribe on New Guinea were speaking and it sounded so close to yapese I had to replay it over and over. As you know, the canoes of yap and some of the outer islands were made for travel and are still used today. I still have one of their star maps.
The Yapese language is a language isolate amongst nuclear micronesian languages and according to current research it is suggested that it may have a strong affainity to the melanesian cluster of oceanic languages. I hypothesis that the Yapese language may be related to the Manus languages of PNG particularly "Wavulu Au" language group.
@@turanatomeko7459 so I'm not to far off then. Thanks for the info.
people of Papua island of Manus are close relatives of Yap people sure Trobrianese are for me Melanesia-#partly Polynesian Tahitian so they are more close to first Tahitian when James Cook arrived or Bounty mutiny to the Tahiti
I'm not from Vuvulu but can you give some words in Yapese so I try confirm the similarities
@@trevs9925 I have no words. I spoke it as a child but no longer remember any words. Suggest checking on youtube and type in yap.
Good solid information, love the video.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
The eastern islands of Micronesia such as Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall islands, Nauru and Kiribati are more closely related to Polynesians than Melanesians.
who cares?
Moriatik Saunders who cares no one cares about u
Other Micronesians do care!
Ezkill2324 Six9oneaeracode wtf!
si Markeyan and? We are more Pacific islander then Europeans! Some of us may look white but we Pacific islanders💯
I cringed at your pronunciation of Rotuma and New Caledonia. Also, just wanted to elaborate on the Asian population in the Pacific. Indians were shipped to Fiji back in the late 19th to early 20th century by British colonialists as endentured labourers to work in sugar cane plantations. Same way Chinese coolies were brought over to islands like Samoa to work copra plantations during the German colonial rule.
avilik13 haha Same! and Itaukei very Kaivalgi Palagi 😂
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avilik13 only Fiji and Tonga a true Black Polynesia. The rest of the Island is fake now days.
Black Polynesia lol gtfoh
Fiapoko palagi! It's borderline racism 😏😏
Great speaker. Truly enjoyable video
Love your videos!
How and when did you beacome so interested in peoples and ethnicities from all over the world. Ps. I really apreciate your work, I learn new stuff from every video and you inspire me to study more on people of different ethnicities and cultures from around the world, so thank you for that!
*Fun Fact: Not all Pacific Islanders are Hawaiian or Polynesian :)*
Sounds like Micro or Mele insecurity lol
@Jadee Mathew it’s only them who get upset though not us lol
Even Malenesian countries have indigenous Polynesians and Micronesians
That's because the Pacific Islands were colonized New Zealand Is 75% white lol only with a population of 100k being of Polynesian decent lol
@@MrSicc274I bet he’s Micronesian 😂
This was awesome!
Dope video ! Keep it up dude.✌
I like how you mentioned the diverse appearance of Polynesians. That is something I have noticed growing up in New Zealand.
I’m just going to say that “Kiribati” is pronounced “kiribas”
Not everyone knows that
Yup that is true
Yes, this was my only critique of the video.
As always very interesting
A great educational video.
if aboriginal australia is considered to be the oldest cultures on earth then why is it theorized that migration INTO australia was from the OUTSIDE?
Cause European people are telling the story from their perspective and not what is told by the Aboriginal people.
Its the oldest"continueing" culture on earth!!
Some Australoid groups without European admixture of any kind have been known to have natural Blonde hair
this video is fantastic!
A top Geographical Channel. Great Job! !
Thank u for a VERY informative n insightful short lecture on the islands of the Pacific Ocean, Mason.
I had the good fortune of visiting some of these islands, n its been a FANTASTIC!! experience. I just can't get to see MORE!!
It is puzzling WHY tourism is focused mainly elsewhere instead of focusing on Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, n other BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL ( culture/way of life; foods; scenery; etc.) Pacific islands.
Our Malaysian budget airline, Air Asia, had made it AFFORDABLE for most people to travel around the world, but has left out landing on these islands, n i guess its the lack of airport development to support tourism.
My prediction is that the next upcoming billionaire/tycoon in the tourist industry will be a SMART entrepreneur who acquires a fleet of cruise ships to enable people worldwide to visit these Pacific islands.
Lets not talk about flying into outer space to see the moon n Earth in space - its a lifetime experience worth dying for!! just to sail to these Pacific islands to see their BEAUTY!!
Lol here in Australia pacific islands and NZ tourism is one of the most well known!. Exactly what the pacific islanders don't want hoards of tourists and mega pollutant modern development and I m guessing this all comes from Asia nowadays ahem Malaysia. Keep the pacific untouched I don't know what planet youre from but tourism and cruise ships are the Pacific's most developed industries. Again it's good people from your part of the world dong care about visiting as the less people the more natural secluded beauty remains.
I'm from one of the Pacific islands and to put it nicely, it's good that we don't get much tourism traffic to the region. Most of the islands are already densely populated as it is, if lots of people flocked to the islands, the culture and way of life would have to give way for tourism development. Those who do have the honor of visiting the islands need to keep the status quo and keep everything on the down low. Most of the islands in the pacific because of their isolation, are timeless and you truly take a step back in time when you visit them. That's probably the thing that separates us from say the Caribbean Islands.
Really good overview! Some constructive feedback: Consider changing your vocabulary around colonial expansion to reflect that this is what it actually was. So for instance, instead of saying that New Caledonia was 'discovered' it might be more accurate to say it was 'invaded' or 'colonised'. As you know, the people of Melanesia and Polynesia are some of the best seafarers in the world and the New Caledonia islands have been 'discovered' many times over by neighbouring nations. Furthermore, calling European expansion 'discovery' perpetuates the idea that colonisation was only innocent exploration when that is far from the truth.
Let's change the way we talk about the past, own up to our own dark history, and build a better future which recognises the right to self-determination of all people :)
I agree.. Every time you say “discovered”. It just doesn’t sit right.
absolutely agree.
Cool vid man!
Thank you! Finally, someone who's doing this. I'm in Papua New Guinea and would like to know more about where my tribe came from. So following your channel will help me research and learn. Thank you and God bless you 🙏.
I am Indonesian and proud of my melaniasian root,the country is home to the largest melaniasian population in the world.
Im chamarro and italian and love God with all my heart and may God bless you because your all beautiful
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Chanoru from Guam here….God bless you and your Family and may the lord grant you many more blessings and years to come in Jesus Name!…Amen 🙏🏽
-One ❤️ Love
very interesting... great job
Very good information
I’m white and Pacific Islander but I was born and grew up in the states so sadly I never knew the culture.
you have a great channel
John Eli Thank you my man.
hes teaching you how to mispronounce things if that's what his gift is. Dude can't pronounce shit.
Nice vid but yeah touch up on how to say things .
Thanks for sharing our culture. Good job.
My first visit to Australia brought me into contact with Papua New Guinea people. The resemblance (phenotypic) and the similarities in culture with Africa is staggering. I was thought to be one with them (we are). I am very African and was awed at the oneness..
I'm a mixed race American (2 or more ethnicities), I have no Pacific islander DNA, but have always had an ongoing fascination and love of the people and their culture of the Oceania islands particularly Papua new Guinea and aborigines of Australia, Tasmania.
Don't you know Australia and The island of New Guinea was once connected together as a one big land mass?? .....
Don't you know thousands of aboriginals were killed when the first White settlers came to Australia ; it was even legal in those days to kill an aboriginal on sight (this history is not usually spoken off)... this is a major contribution of the dying full blooded aboriginals......they just cover this story by saying because of mix marriages the pure blooded aboriginals is dying away.....one diminishing race on Earth.
On the other hand, west New Guinea is still under Indonesia and wanting to be free( they don't have freedom of speech) they go by Indo rule.
Meanwhile East New Guinea (Papua new Guinean) the independent half of the island still can't manage well all the gold copper, gas and other natural resources it has in abundance so is relying on Australian Aid, Year in Year out, still breast feeding from mama Australia......and now Mama China is here with her big boops trying to have dominance over PNG and the Pacific Islands......
so US and Auzie are shaken by the appearance of mama China in the Pacific
liklik stori tasol✌️😊
Very informative!
I certainly would appreciate a part 2! or a series!
More in-depth info about the culture,geography,customs,food,
governance,music,etc!
Peace
Maestro T.🇰🇳
Awesome video bro
Brilliant report. ♥
How Much Do You Know of the different Ethnic Groups in Jamaica...... I'm Jamaican of East Indian , African, and Chinese descent. and would like to her your take on the subject
Anthony Broxton Most of Jamaica's ethnic groups are almost non-existent. Apart from the influx of new Chinese and Indians most other racial groups have dissipated.
Mandark Astronomonov Many of them have actually merged into the population. Irish Jamaicans and Chinese Jamaicans are very mixed, though pure ones do exist, mainly for the latter.
Moe Green ....I am 100% pure beautiful lush from da Polynesian nations of Samoa
Moe...oh wow. ...small world. ..we had some Jamaicans n guys from Ghana in our neighborhood growing up n dats wat da African guys wud say to da Jamaicans wen they got into a argument lol but hey one love Moe...peace
Moe Green Tanu Vailoa
Jamaicans and Ghanaians are the same people. 🤣😂🤣😂
#TeamRedGreenBlackGold
#NotRasta #RoyalsNobles
Jamaican maroons beat the British and the Spanish and own their land even until today. I'm Jamaican American from Hawaii married to Oceania. 🇯🇲
Fiji and Melanesia are interesting places to me I also like Hawaii
Awesome video.
Well made. Thank you. Gratidão !
Proud to be a Pacific Islander #PolyPride
Great Lesson to some! 👍🏽🤙🏽
I’m proud to be Pacific Islander
Beautiful N Pristine Island of 🇵🇼
Palau
Samoa! Nice work, well done👏👏👏
Very informative video. Getting really into history, but if I'mma get into it, I'm goin ALL the way back, so I'm goin' region by region.
I am a proud Melanesian descendant of the Maluku Islands!We still have Melanesian haplogroups and Papuan languages similar to East Timor and other parts of Nusa Tengarra!Maluku,West Papua,Timor,Nusa Tengarra are all Melanesia.Even Barack Obama said the same on his Autobiography "The Audacity of Hope".Growing up in Jakarta the Javanese thought he was Ambon or Papua.
hussein obama was the worst president in history
@@truthmonster3290 hey_-
This is an awesome channel! Just never say may-ori again.
okay, then just never visit this channel again
there is your sollution
you can't ask a guy too much after all the work he put in for this
Thank you..very interesting