| 单词 | Melanesia |
| 例句 | So if you have a hankering for, say, masks from Africa, Melanesia and North America; Blackfoot and Plains Indian shirts; musical instruments from all over the globe; or the loot Capt. In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z The exhibition, which includes items from Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and New Zealand, marks 250 years since British explorer James Cook set off aboard the HMS Endeavour for the South Pacific. Duchess Meghan makes first royal solo outing for art exhibition 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z "We received the nomination as part of bringing back Micronesia," he said, referring to an agreement among the sub-regions of Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia for a process to rotate key roles within the bloc. Pacific Islands leaders confirm former Nauru president as next top official 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The Pacific Islands Forum is comprised of nations from three sub-regions - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - as well as Australia and New Zealand. Three Pacific Islands say their leaders will skip annual bloc meeting 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Interbreeding also occurred between humans and Denisovans, and up to 6 percent of the DNA of people in Melanesia and parts of Southeast Asia is Denisovan. Discoveries about Ancient Human Evolution Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z They found that limiting deforestation in the plan’s first year in just 18 regions—including in Turkey’s Anatolian Peninsula and in Melanesia, for example—would produce the greatest benefit. News at a glance: New gene therapy, Europe’s drought, and a black hole’s photon ring 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The Forum represents 18 island states spanning the Pacific's three cultural and geographic groups of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Samoa PM says Pacific can deal with its own security issues 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The forum includes 18 members spanning the South Pacific's three cultural and geographic groups of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Pacific Islands Forum nations mend rift as super powers focus on the region 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z New Caledonia is the only part of Melanesia, an arc of islands in the South Pacific, that is not heavily under Beijing’s economic and political sway. Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions? 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Should New Caledonia eventually become independent, the territory would trade France’s geopolitical influence for that of China, which has extended its reach over Melanesia, French loyalists say. New Caledonia Says ‘Non’ to Independence 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z An upcoming genetic study reveals that a number of Indigenous communities in South America share genetic ties with Indigenous communities from Australia, South Asia and Melanesia. Surprising study suggests Indigenous Australians migrated to South America 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Pacific Islander or Pasifika people are those originating or living in Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. Why it’s time to retire the term ‘Asian Pacific Islander’ 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The authors compared the dominant Polynesian DNA markers with those of people from other regions, including Europe, America, Africa and Melanesia. Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The proportion of Deniosvan DNA in genomes of people native to Melanesia, for instance, reaches 6 percent. Jaw from a mysterious human species shows early embrace of the high life 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Vanuatu is an active part of the Melanesia spearhead group, which supports New Caledonian independence from France. Concerns China in talks with Vanuatu about South Pacific military base 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z This area of the Pacific, known as Melanesia, is home to many species of giant rodents, says Nathan Whitmore, a Papua New Guinea-based biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, who wasn't involved in the study. Giant Rat That Fell From Sky Is New Species 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z This “express train” picture fit with linguists’ models, in which Austronesian languages spread from East Asia into Oceania and were distinct from Papuan languages in Melanesia. ‘Game-changing’ study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “That size is probably exceeded among certain tribes,” one staffer said, “the Papuans in Melanesia, for instance. But it’s not the length of Mr. Durante’s nose that’s astounding. It’s the saliency.” This would-be gift to the Smithsonian didn’t pass the smell test 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The Immigration Act of 1917 established an “Asiatic Barred Zone”: a region, encompassing dozens of countries, from the Middle East to Melanesia, whose native citizens could not be naturalized. The Old West’s Muslim Tamale King 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z People living on the remote equatorial islands of Melanesia represented the only population found to possess an appreciable level of Denisovan genetic ancestry. Homo sapiens' sex with extinct species was no one-night stand 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Australian researchers compared the Lapita skulls to those of living adults in Melanesia, and concluded that the cranial structure more closely resembled that of present-day Polynesians and Asians. The Residents of Vanuatu, Then and Now 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z But other researchers argued that the DNA of living Polynesians showed evidence that their Lapita ancestors had lingered in Melanesia, mixing with the locals and slowly spreading eastward. ‘Game-changing’ study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Since 2010, he has guided over 400 travelers to about 30 islands throughout Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Africa, the Philippines and the Caribbean. How to Feel Like a Castaway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The convictions in Vanuatu echo similar problems across Melanesia. Pardon me 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z There are hundreds of islands and island groups: Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia. Why the Pacific Is the Ocean of Tomorrow 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The DNA of some native Amazonians shows significant similarity to indigenous inhabitants of Australia and Melanesia. DNA uncovers mystery migration to the Americas - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Instead of rushing in more guns to restore peace, in Melanesia we tried the opposite. What We Can Learn About Guns From Down Under 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z If you look at the ethnographic accounts of band-level hunter-gatherer in Africa or Melanesia—though I’m not sure I can say this for South America—what jumps out at you is the indulgence towards children. Raising Darwin's Consciousness: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on the Evolutionary Lessons of Motherhood 2012-03-16T18:45:00.253Z The second point is to give a precise indication of these affinities with Melanesia and Polynesia. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Ocean′ian, pertaining to Oceania, which includes Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australasia, and Malaysia; Ocean′ic, pertaining to the ocean: found or formed in the ocean or high seas, pelagic: wide like the ocean.—ns.pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Twice Saavedra beat his way eastward among the strange islands of Papua and Melanesia, only to be at last driven back upon Tidor and there to die. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z I came all the way from Melanesia to spy. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z But the only traces of their DNA to be found in modern humans were in residents of Melanesia, thousands of miles away from Denisova, suggesting that the Denisovans had once lived across Asia. Ancient DNA reveals secrets of human history 2011-08-10T17:20:25.990Z This prevelence of body and face hair seems to conform to parts of Melanesia where it may be regarded as an Australoid element. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z The new-comers cut the earth with a flint-knife, as Qat cut the palpable dark with a blade of red obsidian in Melanesia. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Flannery is the discoverer of dozens of mammal and dinosaur species, extant and extinct, across Australia and Melanesia. Who Made This Mess of Planet Earth? 2011-07-16T04:31:10Z The bow, the chief weapon of the Papuans, occurs over the greater part of Melanesia, though it is absent in S.E. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z And comparing the Denisovan DNA to that of modern-day humans turned up a big surprise: DNA samples from people living in Melanesia carried about 4 to 6 percent of the ancient Denisovan genome. Neandertal Relative Bred With Humans 2010-12-23T16:23:00Z These features have been observed in western Melanesia, where, like hairiness, they suggest Australoid of archaic Caucasoid elements. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Similar rites are still notoriously practised in the South Sea Islands, in Siberia, in India and Africa and Melanesia, by savages. Custom and Myth New Edition I was studying drowsily the Asiatic dresses and the nude people from Melanesia, when I heard a noise which I thought was that of the Wind. The Last Generation A Story of the Future In both regions the linguistic uniformity is generally confined to one or two geographical areas, Bantuland in Africa and Melanesia in Oceania. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Dr. Codrington speaks of Melanesia; from what I have learned his words are equally true of the Polynesian. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Before the final ballot, the Bishop of Melanesia broke the silence enjoined on such occasions, and urged the laity "not to let the election go by default." A History of the English Church in New Zealand Thus in Melanesia we have the clearest evidence that material objects and processes can spread by mere contact, without any true admixture of peoples and without influence on other features of the culture. Introduction to the Science of Sociology At the present time it is found among all Moslems and most Jewish communities, throughout Africa, Australia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and, it is said, in Eastern Mexico. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV When the kava-using people came into Melanesia they found it already inhabited. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z This was interesting to me because of certain scientific details, though on the whole the life was much the same as elsewhere in Melanesia, with the Suque, etc. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific But all parts combine in following up Selwyn's mission to Melanesia. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Here, again, in Melanesia there is little doubt that whole cults can pass from one people to another without any real intermixture of peoples. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Melanesia and Polynesia show an increased definiteness of theistic figures. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV He has discovered several remarkable forms of marriage in Melanesia and has deduced others which have existed previously. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In Vao, as in all Melanesia, the pig is the most valued of animals. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Early in the year 1877 the long interregnum in Melanesia came to its close. A History of the English Church in New Zealand He came back to London in September—he made the return journey by steamer—and found his secretary still working at the monograph on the primitive peoples of Melanesia. The Wonder The best examples of the first sort are found in Melanesia, Polynesia, and West Africa. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The autochthones of Melanesia were a dark-skinned and ulotrichous people, who had neither a fear of the ghosts of their dead nor a manes cult, but had a cult of local spirits. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Its origin probably goes back to one of those secret societies so highly developed in Melanesia, of which I shall speak later. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific He was a naturalist, and had been established there for over a year, although the natives were as savage and warlike a lot as could be found anywhere in Melanesia. The Call Of The South 1908 There is more pure plutocracy in Melanesia than in New York. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In Melanesia the food restrictions connected with animal patrons or friends of clans are less definite than in Australia. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Kava and betel were introduced into Melanesia by different cultural migrations. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z It was touching to see the little couple, delicate as two dolls, who seemed to love each other sincerely, a most uncommon occurrence in Melanesia. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Like that of all trading vessels whose "run" embraced the islands of Polynesia as well as Melanesia and Micronesia, the trade-room of the Metaris was a general store. The Call Of The South 1908 In Melanesia and Polynesia men and their wives remain in a great measure strangers to each other. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Australian usage suggested the coöperative theory, and Australia and Melanesia the conceptional theory. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In later times other migrations have come from the west, and parts of Melanesia have also been directly influenced by movements from Polynesia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Fire is lighted here, as in all Melanesia, by “ploughing,” a small stick being rubbed lengthwise in a larger one. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Australasia means Southern Asia; Malaysia, Malayan Asia; Melanesia, the islands of the blacks; Micronesia, small islands; and Polynesia, many islands. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Polynesia, Melanesia, and the East Indies, especially the last, present us pictures of a society which is old and whose mores have been worn threadbare, while their stage of civilization is still very low. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals This sort of divinization is particularly prominent in Melanesia and parts of Polynesia; it exists also in Japan and in West Africa. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV There is no evidence of the use of any object in Polynesia with the definite scale of values which is possessed by several kinds of money in Melanesia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z I had a good opportunity to go there, as the steam yacht Southern Cross of the Anglican mission in Melanesia was expected to stop at Vila on her way to the Solomons. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Why should the bird be found in Polynesia, having skipped all the intermediate islands of Melanesia? Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Slavery prevailed everywhere in Melanesia, originating either in war or debt. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals This form of ghost occurs in Melanesia, where also spirits, vague beings who never were human, play a great rôle. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Here there occurs a great break, for they are not again met till we reach Micronesia and the still more remote insular groups beyond Melanesia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In a form somewhat modified by the Indian and Indonesian channels, through which they must have passed, these beliefs still persist in Melanesia; and the illuminating account of them given by C. E. The Evolution of the Dragon Inhabited by a stock kindred to the Hawaiian, the Samoan, the Tahitian, and the Maori, Fuatino becomes the apex of the wedge driven by Polynesia far to the west and in between Melanesia and Micronesia. A Son Of The Sun Pfeil wants to make the people of German Melanesia work, in order that they may contribute to the tasks of the human race. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals We were now bound on a cruise among the islands of Melanesia, inhabited by a dark-skinned race, differing very greatly from the people we had previously visited. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The vui of Melanesia may be represented by the tii of Tahiti, beings not greatly respected, who had to some extent a local character. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The numerous groups of islands to the north of New Zealand are known as Melanesia. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It There was no case for a crusade against the Fiji planters, who were doing good work in a humane way and were ignorant of the misdeeds practised in Melanesia. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies In parts of Melanesia, and often elsewhere, a shell or leaf is fastened on the end of the masculine organ to ward off the evil eye. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals But it is not the departments of medicine and surgery alone, important as these are to human welfare, which in Melanesia are directed and controlled by spiritual forces. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia All the evidence available, physical and cultural, points to the conjecture that the early stratum of the population of Polynesia was formed by an immigrant people who also found their way to Melanesia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Bishop Pattison, with the title of Bishop of Melanesia, has been especially appointed to superintend the work of evangelisation connected with them. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It New Zealand was taxing the Primate's strength and he wished to constitute Melanesia a separate diocese. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies In Melanesia a girdle ten centimeters wide is worn, drawn as tight as possible. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals So much for the fate of common ghosts in Central Melanesia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia These may be regarded as the representatives of the ghosts and spirits of Melanesia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Fourth, that one type of decoration, i. e., the incised figures filled with lime, suggests the possible influence of Melanesia on the artistic ideas of this people. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Bishop Selwyn could have told him that he need have no such fears, and that in developing his linguistic gifts he was going exactly the right way to fit himself for service in Melanesia. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies We must, however, turn our attention to Melanesia where the shell and stone money have been pushed to a most remarkable development, quite out of line with the rest of the Melanesian civilization. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The people belong to the same stock and speak the same language as the natives of Central and Southern Melanesia, and their level of culture is approximately the same. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The most important religious factor throughout Melanesia is the belief in a supernatural power or influence, generally called mana. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In Melanesia a few examples of preference for beginning with the thumb may also be noticed. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development In Polynesia and Melanesia are found close relatives of the Achatinellidæ, namely, the Partulæ, which are thus in relative proximity to the Achatinellidæ and not on the other side of the world. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Fossil Man and Savages" some notes reported in the Journal d'Hygiene: "It is in Oceanica and above all in Melanesia and in Polynesia where I have looked for examples of savage races. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 This is almost the only example of a ferry-boat used by ghosts in Melanesia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Similar rites are still notoriously practised in the South Sea Islands, in Siberia, in India and Africa and Melanesia, by savages. Custom and Myth In certain parts of the world, notably among the native races of South America, Australia, and many of the islands of Polynesia and Melanesia, a surprising paucity of numeral words has been observed. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development In Melanesia, the bride is carried to her new home on some one's back, wrapped in many mats, with palm-fans held about her face, because she is supposed to be modest and shy. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism The little people of Melanesia seem also to be associated in some measure with stones. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Another savage people who have come to admit the possibility of merely natural death are the Melanesians of the New Hebrides and other parts of Central Melanesia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Away from his native land, in charge of a mission station in another part of Polynesia or Melanesia, he is too often pompous and overbearing alike to his flock and to the white trader. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories It seems to answer to mana in New Zealand and Melanesia, to wakan in North America, and to fée in old French, as when Perrault says, about Bluebeard's key, 'now the key was fée.' The Making of Religion Ethnographically it belongs to Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, because all the breeds of the South Pacific have gravitated to it by canoe-drift and intricately, degeneratively, and amazingly interbred. The Red One It is thence that its diverse representatives have radiated, and, some going east, some west, have given rise to the black populations of Melanesia and Africa. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Throughout the islands of Central Melanesia prayers and offerings are everywhere made to ghosts or spirits or to both. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Otoo signed on before the mast, and for the next half-dozen years, in as many ships, we knocked about the wildest portions of Melanesia. Stories from Everybody's Magazine So the first division into Melanesia and Polynesia has in latest times come to be of value, and the dogma once fixed has remained. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Many thousands of miles were traversed by him in the mission ship The Southern Cross, visiting the numerous islands of the Pacific known as Polynesia or Melanesia. Beneath the Banner No doubt this had a share in his preparation for his future work in Melanesia, closed early by the failure of health that brought him, after a few more years, to his grave. John Keble's Parishes The simplest and commonest sacrificial act is that of throwing a small portion of food to the dead; this is probably a universal practice in Melanesia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia In Saddle Island, Melanesia, there is a pool “into which if any one looks he dies; the malignant spirit takes hold upon his life by means of his reflection on the water.” The Golden Bough Complete totemism is not asserted here, and is denied for Melanesia. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 This word was corrupted from the English language by the Samoans, and from them learned by the traders, who carried it along with them into Melanesia. The Cruise of the Snark In Melanesia, the goal is to acquire brothers-in-law who will join the woman's family in hunting, farming, and other activities. The Civilization of Illiteracy In the last lecture I concluded my account of the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead among the natives of Central Melanesia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The same fear seems to be general in Melanesia, and has led to a regular practice of hiding cut hair and nails. The Golden Bough As this dandy of Melanesia leaped into the sunshine, the Snider rifle in his hands came into position, aimed from his hip, the generous muzzle bearing directly on Van Horn. Jerry of the Islands Kai-kai is the Polynesian for food, meat, eating, and to eat: but it would be hard to say whether it was introduced into Melanesia by the sandalwood traders or by the Polynesian westward drift. The Cruise of the Snark In the Banks’ Islands, Melanesia, the taboos laid on the names of persons connected by marriage are very strict. The Golden Bough In some parts of Melanesia a like belief prevails that certain sacred stones are endowed with miraculous powers which correspond in their nature to the shape of the stone. The Golden Bough |
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