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No worries, though I did not mention Polynesians. This is not the venue to parse out what Australasian means, but, at least genetically, we would be discussing
by tempforanthro 5y ago
No worries, though I did not mention Polynesians.
This is not the venue to parse out what Australasian means, but, at least genetically, we would be discussing a much older population.
It is by definition about seafaring people, however, as the only accepted migration path to the americas has been over the bering straights.
edit: oops. now i see where you are coming from. Mea culpa. see comment re Pleistocene boats. Apologies for my derp
- eridan2 5y agonot necessarily seafaring people; the migration was over land, possible due to the lowering of sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum
- tempforanthro 5y agoafaik, or can even imagine, there were no land routes across the Pacific at even glacial maximum. If you know different, tell.