Several dozen Indonesian women founded the colonisation of Madagascar 1,200 years ago, scientists said on Wednesday in a probe into one of the strangest episodes in the human odyssey.

Who left the dogs out? No trace of ancient colonizers' canines in Madagascar Date: May 20, 2015 Source: KTH The Royal Institute of Technology Summary: Their migration spanned half the globe and ...

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Ninety-three percent (28) of these women were Indonesian, and the other 7 percent (two individuals) were African. Almost all native Madagascans are related to these 30 women, they found.

The island of Madagascar, the largest in the Indian Ocean, lies some 250 miles (400 km) from Africa and 4000 miles (6400 km) from Indonesia. Its isolation means that most of its mammals, half of ...

The language of Madagascar, called Malagasy, can be traced back to Indonesia where it most closely resembles the modern Malayo-Polynesian language of Ma’anyan, which is spoken by people in the ...

The land of freaky animals and amazing biodiversity, Madagascar was also one of the last places to be settled by humans. And new research suggests that didn't happen until about 1,200 years ago.

Were first Malagasy accidental tourists? ( Image: Peter Oxford/Nature Picture Library/Rex Features ) Madagascar is a country of paradoxes. It lies just 400 kilometres off the coast of Africa yet ...

NPR's Short Wave tells about an ambitious plan to protect monarch butterflies from climate change, new research about a massive ocean migration, and seven new frog species found in Madagascar.

Muhammad Baqir, speaking at the COLL300 event Muhammad Baqir: An Islamic teacher, philosopher, and Sufi master from South Jakarta, Indonesia Muhammad "Pak" Baqir joined us to discuss notions of ...