New research by an international team of scholars shows early human colonization of Eastern Polynesia took place much faster and more recently than previously proposed.
They described their discoveries in a Dec. 27 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition article (http://www.pnas.org/; also at http://www.eurekalert.org/) co-authored by Carl Lipo, associate professor of anthropology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB); team leader and paleoecologist Janet Wilmshurst of Landcare Research in Lincoln, New Zealand; Terry L. Hunt, professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; and Atholl Anderson, professor of prehistory, archaeology and natural history at Australia National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific in Canberra.
The study was based on an analysis of the validity of more than 1,400 radiocarbon dates from 47 islands in the region collected from their own and other researchers’ published studies.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Welcome to the new CLASsiC Blog!
Hello world! You are my college! On behalf of the CLASC Executive Board, I would like to welcome you to the new and improved CLASsiC Blog. I hope you will find the material we post enlightening and informative. The CLASsiC Blog will be a source for insight into the College of Liberal Arts Student Council, The College of Liberal Arts, CSULB, and ASI. Stay tuned for great stories, contributions, and articles that are worth the read.
Sincerely,
James Suazo
2010-2011 CLASC President
Sincerely,
James Suazo
2010-2011 CLASC President
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