In 1980 the archaeologist P.S. Bellwood, who has studied the subject for thirty years, published an article in Scientific American describing the vast movement by which the Pacific islands were first colonized.
根據這卅年來語言及考古方面的發現，考古學家貝爾吾（P.S. Bellwood），終於在一九八○年，在美國科學月刊（Scientific American）上發表了一篇論文，宣告了這個新石器時代的偉大移民行動。