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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on July 09, 2020, 08:32:01 AM

Title: DNA suggests pre-Columbian trans-Pacific contacts
Post by: Duncan Head on July 09, 2020, 08:32:01 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/indigenous-americans-polynesians-dna-800-years-ago
Title: Re: DNA suggests pre-Columbian trans-Pacific contacts
Post by: Andreas Johansson on July 09, 2020, 08:58:53 AM
Not terribly surprising, but neat.  8)

The time around AD 1200 seems to have been the high point of Polynesian voyaging; it's also the timeframe when they spread out across the more distant archipelagos. If I remember right, Kirch blames climate change for the lack of further contact with S America and the isolation of Hawaii and Easter Island from the rest of Polynesia.