For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few groups with blonde hair outside Europe. Melanesian people of Solomon Islands ...

The new WWF report, Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The Case for Action (RMOE), is the result of a collaboration with the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland and The Boston ...

There are genetic variants in modern Melanesians that are found in very few populations. Scientists writing in the publication Science think they have worked out where they came from—Neanderthals and ...

NICE, France, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve to safeguard the ...

Securing long-term economic viability remains a challenge for the Melanesian states, with geographic isolation, climate change, natural disasters, and aid dependency presenting significant problems ...

Africans are one of the most genetically diverse groups of people in the world. Most people would think Africans are mostly dark skinned, with brown eyes and black hair. But deep in the South Pacific, ...