Results for: Melanesians

Answered

In Uncategorized

Is it true that some australoids melanesians can have light brown and blond hair naturally and supposedly some africans can to?

Yes, it is true. I think this is due to genetics. I'm Melanesian, I have a blond gene and red head (yes believe it or not) gene in my family. I did not inherit the gene, but … (MORE)

Answered

In Mountains

Where does the Eurasian-Melanesian mountain belt run?

It goes above Australia, actually crossing with the Mid-Ocean Ridge, then continues left over the Himalayas and then the Alps, ending North of Africa. I know this isn't a v… (MORE)

Answered

In Countries, States, and Cities

What Melanesian country is on the eastern half of the worlds second largest island?

New Guinea North of Australia's Torres Strait is the world's second largest island, New Guinea . The western half of this Melanesian island is a part of Indonesia, but the … (MORE)

Answered

In Fiji

Are melanesians Christians?

Yes. Many of the Melanesian s are Christians with some Muslims particularly in West Papua, and Papua New Guinea where Melanesians are converting from Christianity to Islam.

Answered

In Countries, States, and Cities

Which country are Melanesians from?

Melanesia is a region of the Pacific Ocean that includes several islands, such as Vanuatu, New Guinea, and Fiji.

Answered

In Languages and Cultures

How long does it take to learn Melanesian Pedgin on average?

it only took me a few years to learn how to say "this is good i like it " but i am now 80 and i started when i was 10 so it took me 70 YEARS that is a lot of my life gon to … (MORE)

Answered

In Languages and Cultures

How many people speak Melanesian Pidgin?

Melanesian Pidgin is a language that is spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. PNG has a population of 6 million people (count from last noti… (MORE)

Answered

In Discrimination

Why do Melanesian people have inferior intelligence?

Glad you've got that all figured out Colin. But, I just got backfrom 2 years work in Fiji. Have you lived among Melanesians? Theaverage IQ in the Melanesia region of Pacific I…sland Countries is86. In Papua New Guinea they still burn witches. . Richard Lynn (2006) states that several studies show thatAustralian aborigines have a low average IQ of 62 and a smallaverage brain size. Other studies have found similar results forNew Guinean aborigines. From Scientific American, "While allhumans, (who are descendants of people who left Africa in multiplewaves) outside of Africa are now known to have inherited some genesfrom Neanderthals [about 2%], Melanesians are the only known modernhumans whose prehistoric ancestors mixed with the Denisova hominin,sharing 4%-6% of their genome with this ancient cousin of theNeanderthal. Denisovans appear to have been more closely related toNeandertals than to humans, but the evidence also suggests thatDenisovans and humans interbred. The new analysis also suggests newways that early humans may have spread across the globe. Thefindings were published online August 30 in Science. . Unfortunately, the Denisovan genome doesn't provide many moreclues about what this hominin looked like. The researchers willonly conclude that Denisovans likely had dark skin. This newgenetic evidence might indicate that perhaps an early wave ofhumans moved through Asia, mixed with Denisovans and then relocatedto the islands. . "Denisovans also interbred with ancient modern humans, accordingto PÃÃbo and his team. Even though the sole fossil specimen wasfound in the mountains of Siberia, contemporary humans fromMelanesia (a region in the South Pacific) seem to be the mostlikely to harbor Denisovan DNA. The researchers estimate that some6 percent of contemporary Papuans' genomes come from Denisovans.Australian aborigines and those from Southeast Asian islands alsohave traces of Denisovan DNA. This suggests that the two groupsmight have crossed paths in central Asia and then the modern humanscontinued on to colonize the islands of Oceania. . From Wikipedia, "Melanesia is a sub-region of Oceania extendingfrom the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, andeastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islandsimmediately north and northeast of Australia. The name MelanesiaÃ¢ï¿½Â¦ was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote anethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesiaand Micronesia. In other words, Melanesian are black island peoplein the south pacific that migrated their thousands of years ago,unlike blacks in the Americas that came to the Americas asslaves." . From Wikipedia, quoting d'Urville, "all the nations of thismajor division of Oceania are more or less black in colour, withcurly, fuzzy or sometimes nearly woolly hair, flat noses, widemouths and unpleasant features, and their limbs are often veryfrail and seldom well shaped... Their aptitudes and theirintelligence are also generally largely inferior to those of thecopper-skinned race [i.e. Polynesians]" (MORE)