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I'd be highly unsurprised that Polynesians and pre-Columbus Americans met, it's about the same distance from the Marquesas to Hawaii as from Easter Island to Ch
by EdwardDiego 6y ago
I'd be highly unsurprised that Polynesians and pre-Columbus Americans met, it's about the same distance from the Marquesas to Hawaii as from Easter Island to Chile, and it's 1.5x further from the Marquesas to New Zealand.
While the paper is about the admixture predating settlement of Rapanui, it's quite possible it was known of beforehand.
- chewz 6y ago> it's about the same distance Distance does not matter at sea so much as prevailing conditions (winds, current) and available marine technology..
- abrowne 6y agoThe author of Pathway of the Birds¹ thinks it was possible. 1: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/pathway-of-the-birds-the-voyaging-achievements-of-maori-and-their-polynesian-ancestors/ https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/pathway-of-the-birds-the-vo...