What plants did speakers of Proto-Micronesian know about, and what do they tell us about the settlement history of Micronesia? In this paper the Micronesian reflexes of Proto-Oceanic plant terms are surveyed. The data points to a settlement scenario that starts with high islands, and excludes an “island-hopping” scenario via closest low islands.
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