Science

An eighteenth-century adventure story involving slavery on a desert island, violent death and escape became the literary sensation of its day and has been pronounced by experts since as exciting stuff but utter fiction.

Short article with images of the archaeological fieldword carried out by Mike Parker Pearson.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.

Research report that Malagasy people of Madagascar carry genes from ancestors in both nearby East Africa and far away Borneo suggesting there was a big migration from Asia back to Africa.