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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

Seafarers from Borneo cross the Indian Ocean to settle Madagascar . Expansion into the Bismarck Archipelago and the western

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

Early Austronesians move from Taiwan into the Philippines .

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