After colonizing the East Indies, one branch of voyagers headed West across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar, while another turned east, gradually spreading through New Guinea and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
到達東印度群島後，有一支向西穿越印度洋，到達非洲東岸、南回歸線附近的馬達加斯加島；另一支則向東經新幾內亞、美拉尼西亞、麥可尼西亞，到達波里尼西亞群島；在此再向東到達伊斯特島（Easter Island），向南抵紐西蘭，向北則在西元八百年左右到達夏威夷群島。