Are there really ancient linguistic connections between Ancient Greek and Polynesian languages? What do these reveal about the ancient world?

New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions ...

While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

Escape to Tahiti, where verdant peaks meet sapphire lagoons, and experience the magic of French Polynesia first-hand.

Until now, few scientists have dared to speculate that the ancient Polynesians visited Southern California between 500 and 700 A.D., that is to say, in the centuries after the fall of the Roman ...

When most people think of Hawaii, they picture golden beaches, hula skirts, or Pearl Harbor headlines from World War I ...

Now, a new study of ancient Polynesian DNA has indicated that it wasn't just trade goods that were exchanged. DNA from at least two different sources ended up spreading through the population of ...

When Polynesian colonists settled the extremes of the Polynesian triangle – Hawai’i, Rapa Nui, and Aotearoa New Zealand – between 1200 and 1300 AD, they brought kūmara in their canoes.

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.