How a group of women arrived at Madagascar, for now remains an unanswered question. One theory shou

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Antananarivo / London, 21 March (STA) - A small group of Indonesian women to be 1200 years ago began the colonization of Madagascar, announced today the scientists who have studied one of the most bizarre odyssey in human history, reports AFP.
Anthropologists baby looney tunes games have always been impressed by the history of Madagascar since the island is long remained unconquered and several millennia it has not entered baby looney tunes games the human foot. Later, it settled inhabitants of mainland Africa, as well as Indonesia, which is situated 8000 kilometers.
Studied the chromosomes in the maternal side of the DNA in 266 people from three different ethnic groups in Madagascar. In 22 percent of the samples were found "Polynesian motif", a small genetic characteristic that can be found in the population Polynesia, as well as between residents of western Indonesia. In one of the ethnic groups have this motif found in half of the samples.
Scientists have yet to encounter further baby looney tunes games evidence that Madagascar are among the first inhabitants settled in Southeast Asia. The people of this African island is spoken dialect, which has its origins also in Indonesia.
"Madagascar was first inhabited approximately 1200 years ago, on the island was first received a smaller group of Indonesian women. Their contribution - in the form of language, culture and genes - is still seen among members of the Malagasy nation," in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the scientists wrote.
How a group of women arrived at Madagascar, for now remains an unanswered question. One theory should be received by merchant ships, though so far not found any evidence yet to Indonesian women ever boarded the merchant vessels that are leaving on a long journey.
The third and most daring theory predicts that women have been led to ships themselves, perhaps even by accident. Scientists have found out that the ships would be able to rely on the Isle of favorable baby looney tunes games sea currents and monsoons.
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