Estimating the Migration Timeline of Austronesian Peoples to Taiwan: A Prehistoric Dynamic Analysis Based on Population Growth Models (Back-calculating Indigenous Populations from 1650 AD)
This study utilizes exponential growth models, referencing prehistoric population dynamics and assuming a larger-scale initial migration (200 to 500 people), to estimate migration timelines. By integrating Taiwan's environmental advantages compared to the Amazon rainforest, the research explores the possibility that Austronesian arrival occurred much later than traditionally assumed.