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  1. scholars have divided islanders based largely on their physical appearance into groups called #melanesians #micronesians and #polynesians there controversy though about how closely the darker skinned melanesians and the lighter skinned polynesians are related

  2. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s41586-024

    #Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture

  3. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s41586-024

    #Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture

  4. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s41586-024

    #Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture

  5. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s41586-024

    #Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture

  6. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s41586-024

    #Rapanui #Polynesians #PreColumbianAmerica #EasterIsland #AncientGenomes #AncientDNA #Admixture

  7. #Polynesians sailed to South America long before European colonists. They invented double canoes to roam the #Pacific Ocean and introduced chickens to Native #Americans. #climatechange #history #travel #explorers #research #archeology @nature @scienceadvances @wikipedia @livescience
    news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13037

  8. #Polynesians sailed to South America long before European colonists. They invented double canoes to roam the #Pacific Ocean and introduced chickens to Native #Americans. #climatechange #history #travel #explorers #research #archeology @nature @scienceadvances @wikipedia @livescience
    news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13037

  9. #Polynesians sailed to South America long before European colonists. They invented double canoes to roam the #Pacific Ocean and introduced chickens to Native #Americans. #climatechange #history #travel #explorers #research #archeology @nature @scienceadvances @wikipedia @livescience
    news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13037

  10. #Polynesians sailed to South America long before European colonists. They invented double canoes to roam the #Pacific Ocean and introduced chickens to Native #Americans. #climatechange #history #travel #explorers #research #archeology @nature @scienceadvances @wikipedia @livescience
    news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13037

  11. #Polynesians around the planet are united in their pride in #IamTongi, Tongan-Sāmoan teen from Kahuku, Hawai'i, now Seattle resident, for his #AmericanIdol win. Here's the next Bruddah Iz, talking about being "priced out of paradise" & why his audition song is James Blunt's *Monsters*.
    youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk
    #Music

  12. #Polynesians around the planet are united in their pride in #IamTongi, Tongan-Sāmoan teen from Kahuku, Hawai'i, now Seattle resident, for his #AmericanIdol win. Here's the next Bruddah Iz, talking about being "priced out of paradise" & why his audition song is James Blunt's *Monsters*.
    youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk
    #Music

  13. #Polynesians around the planet are united in their pride in #IamTongi, Tongan-Sāmoan teen from Kahuku, Hawai'i, now Seattle resident, for his #AmericanIdol win. Here's the next Bruddah Iz, talking about being "priced out of paradise" & why his audition song is James Blunt's *Monsters*.
    youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk
    #Music

  14. #Polynesians around the planet are united in their pride in #IamTongi, Tongan-Sāmoan teen from Kahuku, Hawai'i, now Seattle resident, for his #AmericanIdol win. Here's the next Bruddah Iz, talking about being "priced out of paradise" & why his audition song is James Blunt's *Monsters*.
    youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk
    #Music

  15. #Polynesians around the planet are united in their pride in #IamTongi, Tongan-Sāmoan teen from Kahuku, Hawai'i, now Seattle resident, for his #AmericanIdol win. Here's the next Bruddah Iz, talking about being "priced out of paradise" & why his audition song is James Blunt's *Monsters*.
    youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk
    #Music

  16. I found a more accessible article on the Pre-Columbian relationship between #Indigenous Americans and #Polynesians.

    The research was published at the beginning of the pandemic, which I am sure explains why it didn't get the attention it deserved.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-pre-columbian-contact-polynesians-native-americans
  17. I found a more accessible article on the Pre-Columbian relationship between #Indigenous Americans and #Polynesians.

    The research was published at the beginning of the pandemic, which I am sure explains why it didn't get the attention it deserved.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-pre-columbian-contact-polynesians-native-americans
  18. I found a more accessible article on the Pre-Columbian relationship between #Indigenous Americans and #Polynesians.

    The research was published at the beginning of the pandemic, which I am sure explains why it didn't get the attention it deserved.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-pre-columbian-contact-polynesians-native-americans
  19. I found a more accessible article on the Pre-Columbian relationship between #Indigenous Americans and #Polynesians.

    The research was published at the beginning of the pandemic, which I am sure explains why it didn't get the attention it deserved.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-pre-columbian-contact-polynesians-native-americans
  20. I found a more accessible article on the Pre-Columbian relationship between #Indigenous Americans and #Polynesians.

    The research was published at the beginning of the pandemic, which I am sure explains why it didn't get the attention it deserved.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-pre-columbian-contact-polynesians-native-americans
  21. How do these findings change the relationship between the #Indigenous peoples of the Americas and #Polynesians / #Pasifika peoples? As distant relatives, coming to live in the Americas is a homecoming of sorts.
  22. How do these findings change the relationship between the #Indigenous peoples of the Americas and #Polynesians / #Pasifika peoples? As distant relatives, coming to live in the Americas is a homecoming of sorts.
  23. How do these findings change the relationship between the #Indigenous peoples of the Americas and #Polynesians / #Pasifika peoples? As distant relatives, coming to live in the Americas is a homecoming of sorts.
  24. How do these findings change the relationship between the #Indigenous peoples of the Americas and #Polynesians / #Pasifika peoples? As distant relatives, coming to live in the Americas is a homecoming of sorts.
  25. How do these findings change the relationship between the #Indigenous peoples of the Americas and #Polynesians / #Pasifika peoples? As distant relatives, coming to live in the Americas is a homecoming of sorts.
  26. New data indicates that some Polynesians carry Native American DNA - Enlarge / The Tongariki site, built by Polynesians on Rapa Nui. New data suggests that by the time ... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1690131 #nativeamericans #humanevolution #anthropology #polynesians #genetics #genomics #science