Post #448986 by christiki295 on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 6:07 PM

On 2009-04-22 12:18, bigbrotiki wrote:
one "cannot agree to such an oversimplification as "Tiki came from Africa" ".

True. There can be no direct correlation as there exists a Millineum of time, and evolution in between.

Nevertheless, there is food for thought that those Melanisians who created the art referenced above descended from those who initially hailed from Africa and subsequently became the predecessors Polynesians. Consequently, the art of these early Polynesians shared a common historical origin.

The Wikipedia excerpt on Melanisisa indicates that they "reached the Pacific islands 35,000 years ago (according to radiocarbon dating)" and "It is likely that from this area a very small group of people (speaking an Austronesian language) departed to the east to become the forebears of the Polynesian people."

The Melanesians are dark-skinned people(s) which suggests that they might be descendents or linked somehow to those who hailed from Africa way back when.

[ Edited by: christiki295 2009-04-22 18:10 ]