Remains of rice and mung beans help solve a Madagascan mystery
Monday, May 30, 2016 - 18:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have helped discover why the inhabitants of Madagascar speak Malagasy, a language otherwise unique to Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- a region located at least 6,000 km away. An international research team has identified that ancient crop remains excavated from sites in Madagascar are of Asian species.