austronesia

One of those events in OTL that would probably be dismissed as implausible if it was in an ATL is the settlement of Madagascar. The island is usually thought to have been settled by both Bantu people and seafearers from Borneo about 2000 years ago. Today the Malagasy language is Austronesian and...

IOTL, according to this domestic goats only really became present in Southeast Asia when Indian people, trade and influence came to the region. In another time, goats manage to spread to East Asia much earlier and become popular enough to be adopted by the earliest pre-migration Austronesians...