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A recent archaeological study has revealed that artifacts excavated from various sites in the Marianas, including Tinian, Saipan and Ritidian Beach Cave in Guam, could be some of the oldest
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Ancestry of Mariana Islanders linked to Philippines study
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 15) A study of two ancient skeletons recovered from Guam indicates that the early settlers of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific may have originated from the Philippines.
Scientists from Germany and Australia analyzed the DNA of two 2,200-year-old skeletons from the Ritidian Beach Cave site in Guam, which is the largest island in the Marianas, and “found that their ancestry is linked to the Philippines.”
“Moreover, they are closely related to early Lapita skeletons from Vanuatu and Tonga, suggesting that the early Mariana Islanders may have been involved in the colonization of Polynesia,” the study added. Vanuatu and Tonga are countries in the Pacific.