But their genetic traces are found in modern humans, especially in Melanesia and Australia.

但人们在现代人身上发现了它们的基因痕迹，尤其是在美拉尼西亚澳大利亚。

This flour was the starch-like sago, an edible substance chiefly consumed by the Melanesian peoples.

这粉就是西米，就是作为美拉尼西亚居民粮食的主要食物。

The people alive today who have the strongest genetic similarity to the Denisovans are actually the Melanesians — the people who inhabit the island of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji.

如今活着的人，与丹尼索瓦人的基因相似度最高的其实是美拉尼西亚人——他们居住在新几内亚、所罗。

And third, genetic evidence has linked the modern Malagasy with people living in eastern Indonesia as well as farther off in Melanesia and Oceania.

再次，基因学证据已证明现代的马达加斯加人与东印尼人以及相距更遥远的美拉尼西亚人生活在大洋洲的人都是有联系的。

Denisovan DNA is rarely found in most parts of the world but makes up four to six percent of the DNA of people in Melanesia.

丹尼索瓦人的DNA在世界上大多数地区很少发现，但占美拉尼西亚人DNA的4%到6%。

We also know that modern humans mated with Denisovans at some point, but only the Melanesians show significant amounts of Denisovan ancestry today.

我们也知道，现代人类曾与丹尼索瓦人交配过，但今天只有美拉尼西亚人显示出相当大比例的丹尼索瓦人血统特征。

There are organizers that will now recognize Sea Women of Melanesia.

现在有组织者承认美拉尼西亚的海上妇女。

We had pretty good relations with different Asian groups from the North, trade relations, which are the best kind of relations too, and of course with other peoples, with Melanesian peoples, Torres Strait Islanders, very close neighbours.

我们与北方的不同亚洲体保持着相当良好的关系，包括贸易往来，这种关系无疑是最好的类型之一，当然还有与其他民族的交往，比如美拉尼西亚人、托雷斯海峡民，他们都是我们的近邻。

By 1000 BCE, settlers had established themselves in the islands of Micronesia in the West Pacific, north of Melanesia.

约公元前1000年，定居者已在西太平洋、密克罗尼西亚——位于美拉尼西亚以北——站稳脚跟。

Most Polynesians and many Melanesians abandoned the use of bows and arrows in war.

大多数波利尼西亚人许多美拉尼西亚人放弃在战争中使用弓箭。

The peoples of Polynesia were descended from a Melanesian group called the Lapita, who were skilled navigators and explorers.

波利尼西亚人是美拉尼西亚人中一个被称为拉皮塔的人的后代，他们擅长航海探险。

1902-1938 The Netherlands rules over the Marind people of New Guinea, Melanesia.

1902年至1938年间，荷兰统治着新几内亚、美拉尼西亚的马林德人。