Introduction / Jonathan S. Friedlaender
Island Melanesian pasts : a view from archeology / Glenn R. Summerhayes
Recent research on the historical relationships of the Papuan languages, or, What does linguistics say about the prehistory of Melanesia? / Andrew Pawley
Mitochondrial DNA variation in Northern Island Melanesia / Jonathan S. Friedlaender ... [et al.]
Y chromosome variation in Northern Island Melanesia / Laura B. Scheinfeldt ... [et al.]
Pigmentation and candidate gene variation in Northern Island Melanesia / Heather L. Norton, George Koki, Jonathan S. Friedlaender
The distribution of an insertion/deletion polymorphism on chromosome 22 / Renato Robledo
The languages of Island Melanesia / Eva Lindström ... [et al.]
Inferring prehistory from genetic, linguistic, and geographic variation / Keith Hunley ... [et al.]
Animal translocations, genetic variation, and the human settlement of the Pacific / Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith
Viral phylogeny and human migration in the Southwest Pacific / Jill Czarnecki, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Gerald Stoner
Origins of plant exploitation in near Oceania : a review / Robin Allaby
Extraordinary population structure among the baining of New Britain / Jason A. Wilder and Michael F. Hammer
Immunoglobin allotypes as a marker of population history in the Southwest Pacific / Moses S. Schanfield ... [et al.]
Contributions of population origins and gene flow to the diversity of neutral and malaria selected autosomal genetic loci of Pacific Island populations / J. Koji Lum
Conclusion / Jonathan S. Friedlaender.