Ancient rice found in Guam

[DBS]

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw3591

A bit niche, but if you ever wondered about Neolithic migration in the central Pacific...

[Andreas Johansson]

As the articles states, the Marianas were settled from the Philipines. Almost all the rest of Remote Oceania was settled by the spread of speakers of the so-called Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family from the area around the north coast of New Guinea. So that the Marianas stick out wrt agricultural practices makes a lot of sense.

[Nick Harbud]

Nice to know that getting around to cleaning the rice cooker is not just a modern problem....

 

[Imperial Dave]