AP World History

Answer - C - For the most part, the ancestors of the Polynesians came from the Indonesian and Philippine islands.

Key Takeaway: The Polynesian people are considered to be a sea-migrating subset from Austronesia. Scholars can trace bits of the Polynesian languages and place their prehistoric origins in the Malay Archipelago. Most likely, the ancestors of the Polynesians came from the islands in Southeast Asia, like Indonesia and the Philippine islands.