text by Kai Tätte and Lota Vana, University of Tartu A study with several co-authors from OCSEAN consortium published in Genome Biology and Evolution provides new insights into the settlement of Pacific islands and the migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples, helping to understand human movement and cultural interactions in the region. The study is a collaboration between Uppsala Unviersity, University of Tartu and Colorado Colleage. Kiribati is one of the first nations f