Culture Evolves, Robert A. Hinde, Christopher B. Stringer, Kevin N. Laland, pp. 279, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-960896-6, ... two major hypothesis ... ancestral Austronesian society developed in Taiwan around 5500 years ago ... second hypothesis ... mitochondrial DNA lineages suggest that Austronesian society developed around 13000-17000 years ago ... Wallacean region around Sulawesi and the Moluccas ...
