#easterisland — Public Fediverse posts
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Genomic evidence from ancient Rapanui people from Easter Island shows that they had around 10% ancestry related to Andean people before Europeans arrived, evidence either that Native Americans lived on the island before Polynesians arrived in the 12-13th century or that Polynesians made it to mainland South America and then backtracked to the island.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
#Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture
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Genomic evidence from ancient Rapanui people from Easter Island shows that they had around 10% ancestry related to Andean people before Europeans arrived, evidence either that Native Americans lived on the island before Polynesians arrived in the 12-13th century or that Polynesians made it to mainland South America and then backtracked to the island.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
#Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture
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Genomic evidence from ancient Rapanui people from Easter Island shows that they had around 10% ancestry related to Andean people before Europeans arrived, evidence either that Native Americans lived on the island before Polynesians arrived in the 12-13th century or that Polynesians made it to mainland South America and then backtracked to the island.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
#Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture
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Genomic evidence from ancient Rapanui people from Easter Island shows that they had around 10% ancestry related to Andean people before Europeans arrived, evidence either that Native Americans lived on the island before Polynesians arrived in the 12-13th century or that Polynesians made it to mainland South America and then backtracked to the island.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
#Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture
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Genomic evidence from ancient Rapanui people from Easter Island shows that they had around 10% ancestry related to Andean people before Europeans arrived, evidence either that Native Americans lived on the island before Polynesians arrived in the 12-13th century or that Polynesians made it to mainland South America and then backtracked to the island.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
#Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture
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Mysterious 165-Million-Year-Old Minerals Found On Easter Island Defy Plate Tectonics
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https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-165-million-year-old-minerals-found-on-easter-island-defy-plate-tectonics/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.22541/au.170129661.17646127/v1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #platetectonics #EasterIsland #RapaNui #oceanic #plate #volcanic #vulcanism #mineralogy #magma #dating #timing #plume #RingOfFire #mantle #mechanics #model #modeling