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

这粉就是西米，就是作为美尼西居民粮食主要食物。

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基因痕迹，尤其是在美尼西和澳大利。

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

现在有组织美尼西海上妇女。

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

大多数波利尼西人和许多美尼西人放弃在战争中使用弓箭。

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，但今天只有美尼西人显示出相当大比例丹尼索瓦人血统特征。

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DNA在世界上大多数地区很少发现，但占美尼西人DNA4%到6%。

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马达加斯加人与东印尼人以及相距更遥远美尼西人和生活在大洋洲人都是有联系。

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.

如今活着人，与丹尼索瓦人基因相似度最高其实是美尼西人——他们居住在新几内岛、所罗门群岛和斐济。