Austronesians were the first true ocean-going explorers, developing specialized technology to navigate the open sea long before other civilizations.
Genetic and linguistic evidence points to as the ancestral homeland, with migrations beginning roughly 5,000 years ago .
Early Austronesians move from Taiwan into the Philippines .
The final "pulse" of migration reaches the furthest corners of the Polynesian Triangle , including Hawaii , Easter Island , and finally New Zealand . Maritime Mastery