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It's not about accepting it vs not accepting it, it's about determining what is most likely Also it is a somewhat accepted opinion that Chinese and Polynesians
by opportune 9y ago
It's not about accepting it vs not accepting it, it's about determining what is most likely
Also it is a somewhat accepted opinion that Chinese and Polynesians may have travelled to and from the Americas, however, the evidence is inconclusive and they don't seem to have established long-term ties, so it's hard to say. Even more cultures may have discovered the Americas, such as Mali and Japan, but if they did, those expeditions were one-way
- macawfish 9y agoWell, if you read the foreignpolicy.com article I posted you will see a very interesting theory that throws a wrench into this whole situation: >> In the past year, Sun, a highly decorated scientist, has ignited a passionate online debate with claims that the founders of Chinese civilization were not in any sense Chinese but actually migrants from Egypt. He conceived of this connection in the 1990s while performing radiometric dating of ancient Chinese bronzes; to his surprise, their chemical composition more closely resembled those of ancient Egyptian bronzes than native Chinese ores.