Welcome my friends to the Melanesian people in northeastern Australia. The Melanesians are a people originating from people living in the Solomon Islands. Very famous for their beautiful dark skins and blond hair with the colors of gold. With over , people, the Solomon Islands are negroid and australoid. One hypothesis said that the origins of the blond hair of the blacks of Solomon Island came from sun- and salt-water whitening, fish-rich intake, or a European or American heritage.
But, a new scientific study by Sean Myles will contradict all these assumptions. Many scientists could not figure out how is it possible that there are black people with blond hair. Some people thought it was a genetic heritage from Europeans or Americans. Indeed, as we said before, many scientists thought that their blond hair came from salt water, from the sun, and from the fact that they ate a lot of fish.
Then they added that they surely must have a European heritage. To clarify all of this, Sean Myles, with his entire team, collected saliva and hair samples from residents of Solomon Island. They compared their genetic characteristics. In all, they compared 43 blond islanders and 42 brown islanders. What was the discovery? Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses.
A single mutation is responsible for almost half of the variation in Solomon Islanders' hair color, the scientists reported Thursday May 3 in the journal Science. Most strikingly, this gene mutation seems to have arisen in the Pacific, not been brought in by fair-haired Europeans intermarrying with islanders.
Kenny's colleagues Sean Myles and Nicholas Timpson traveled to the remote Solomon islands , where Myles, now a professor at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, had previously noted a surprising number of blonds. It was mind-blowing," Myles said in a statement. That's not very far off from the proportion of blond-haired people in Europe, Kenny said. The researchers gathered saliva from 43 blond and 42 dark-haired Solomon Islanders to analyze for clues to the genes behind their hair color.
A genome-wide analysis turned up a shockingly clear result, rare in the world of genetics where a single trait can be influenced by dozens or more genes. The idea of and the physical fluids and substances semen, vaginal fluids, and menstrual blood , are valued as extremely powerful, therefore, potentially very dangerous as well.
Rituals and ceremonies are held around these fluids, in a very non-sexualized way. There is also the existence of single-sex groups within the groups, where homosexuality and gender fluidity is practiced.
Rain-forests are one of the predominant landscapes in the Pacific Islands, and Melanasians make full use of all these rain forests have to offer.
They use stone tools to cut down small areas of trees, for agricultural purposes. Their primary plants include yams, taro, plantains, sago spices , leafy greens and sugarcane. They are also known for their heavy production of sweet potatoes, which is due to their inhabitance at high altitudes.
In addition to agriculture, they also practice hunting and fishing. The Melanesian coastal areas are rich in shells, salt, beads and stones, which are often used in trade with neighboring areas. They are make bags and nets from bush fibers, using them for fishing, hunting, trapping, foraging, and carrying. Bamboo, is another natural resource they use to make cooking vessels, water containers, torches, and carving knives.
Canoes are commonly used among the Melanesian people, which are essential to their trade practices. Ancestry is a central element of religion in Melanesia. Ancestral spirits participate in their everyday lives and rituals. They believe that the human life is unpredictable and at times harsh, and attribute much of their success to the assistance from their ancestors spirits , which are manipulated by magical formulas and elicited through prayer and sacrifice.
Religion is an essential attribute to their everyday life, and many Melanasians, specifically the women, practice magic and daily rituals to help sustain their communities.
Melanesian art is another important factor in their culture. Many groups view the body as a canvas, and practice face and body painting, masks, wigs and headdresses, and elaborate costumes. Other popular forms of art include canoe prow boards dancing shields, and various different elaborate carvings, which all usually serve religious purposes. In religious ceremonies, physical art, accompanied by music and dancing, are often use to portray mythical creatures, ancestors and for sole entertainment.
Melanesians also practice the telling of epic narrative, myth, folktale, and oratory, which are redolent with metaphor and mythic allusion.
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