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The-settlement-of-the-Polynesia

Page history last edited by Alex Backer, Ph.D. 10 mos ago

Relevant evidence:

Chicken of Polynesian origin dated to before Columbus' arrival in America was found in Chile.
Polynesians had sweet potato, believed to be of South American origin, before the arrival of the Europeans.
A stone tool made with a stone from Hawaii was found in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia (more than 4,000 km away).
Polynesian genes show female Taiwanese ancestors, male Melanesian (Papua New Guinea) ancestors, and a small percentage of female South American ancestors.
Lapita pottery shows Polynesians sailed east through Melanesia, not Micronesia.
Voyagers have recreated ancient Polynesian canoes and sailed thousands of miles in them.
Thor Heyerdahl and a crew of five sailed a raft modeled after ancient Peruvian rafts from Peru to the Polynesia with no modern equipment.

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