Kennedy, Jean2015-12-082015-12-080066-8435http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37683This paper reviews recent genetic evidence for the origins of the traditional cultivated bananas of the Pacific, and shows that they are unexpectedly complex. Current assumption of their prevailing west-to-east spread from Southeast Asia into the PacificKeywords: archaeological evidence; colonization; crop plant; dispersal; genetic variation; paleobotany; phylogeny; species diversity; taxonomy; Asia; Eurasia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea; Pacific islands; Pacific Ocean; Philippines; Polynesia; Southeast Asia; Mus And genetics; Banana domestication; Banana phytoliths; Fe'i bananas; Indo-Pacific migration and colonization; New Guinea archaeobotany; Pacific plantains; Taxonomy20082015-12-08