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And presumably if there remains any debate about this we could settle it with a genomic study.
by technotony 8y ago
And presumably if there remains any debate about this we could settle it with a genomic study.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoWouldn't be surprised if Cavalli-Sforza had done it already.
- gerbilly 8y agoGenomic studies suggest that the ancestor of the Polynesian people were from a combination of New Guinea and ancient Taiwan.
- aaron695 8y agohttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/game-changing-study-... Word of the day 'BP' - 'years before present'. The 'present' in BP is set at 1950, as this was close to when radiometric dating began to be used - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20026-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20026-8