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There's also strong linguistic evidence of Polynesian contact with South America prior to European contact, and quite possibly contact with North America[0]. T
by jwestbury 3y ago
There's also strong linguistic evidence of Polynesian contact with South America prior to European contact, and quite possibly contact with North America[0].
There's also some more recent genetic evidence[1].
0. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25132351 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25132351
1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/native-americans-polynesians-meet-180975269/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/native-america...
- euroderf 3y agoFWIW the first chapter of "Hawaii" by James Michener gives a feel for the seafaring involved in populating the Pacific.