Out of Taiwan and Towards the Asia-Pacific

“The Out of Taiwan” theory proposed in 1980 by the renowned Australian archaeologist Dr. Peter Bellwood demonstrated the complicated expansion process of the Austronesian peoples. Yet Taiwan remains the region with the richest and most ancient information for Austronesian language-speaking groups to trace back. In his research “Taiwan’s Gift to The World,” published in the British Science Journal, Nature in 2000, the American biologist Professor, Jared Diamond elaborated on the importance and uniqueness of the languages and cultures of indigenous peoples in Taiwan, stating that Taiwan indigenous peoples are important cultural assets for mankind worldwide. Moreover, in recent years, several Pacific Island countries have been referring to Taiwan as their “mother island, celebrating the importance of Taiwanese indigenous peoples in the Austronesian region. Taiwanese indigenous peoples play a unique and irreplaceable role in the world’s cultural and historical development. <a href="https://medium.com/indigenous-contemporary-art-from-taiwan/out-of-taiwan-and-towards-the-asia-pacific-879aa003f3e2">Visit Now</a>