Attending the UN climate (COP28) and biodiversity (COP16) conferences during the past two years, it strikes this observer ...

A new study reveals that early human migrations from New Guinea significantly shaped Wallacean societies over the past 3,500 years through genetic and linguistic exchanges. A new study by the Universi ...

A new study has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.

The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Current Edition Topics ...

West Papua (or West Melanesia) is a subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. The region is home to some 12 million people ...

The country holds nearly half of the world’s known deposits of a metal critical to the energy transition, but digging and ...

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire gave the State of the Tribes speech on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, at a joint session of the North Dakota Legislature in the state Capitol in Bismarck.

Daniel Pinto, 27, an adventurer from Lambeth, South London, is making waves on social media with his unprecedented journey to visit indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea. On a quest to travel to all ...

Papua New Guinea, known for its rich cultural heritage and complex history, is now grappling with disturbing allegations of ...

Understanding the genetic structure of human groups is vital for developing treatments that are helpful rather than harmful”.