Scientists Compared Polynesian DNA To Ancient South American DNA — The Results Shocked Everyone
Origin Cipher
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How did the sweet potato — a South American plant — end up across the islands of the Pacific centuries before Columbus? Scientists compared Polynesian and Native South American DNA to find out, and the answer rewrote a chapter of human history. This documentary breaks down the 2020 findings: eastern Polynesians carry a real pulse of Native South American ancestry dating to around 1200 AD — proof that Pacific voyagers and South Americans met and mixed long before any European reached either shore. The greatest sailors in history didn't just find empty islands. They found a continent.
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#Polynesia #DNA #AncientHistory #Pacific #Genetics #SouthAmerica
Scientists Compared Polynesian DNA To Ancient South American DNA — The Results Shocked Everyone
Origin Cipher
92 views
How did the sweet potato — a South American plant — end up across the islands of the Pacific centuries before Columbus? Scientists compared Polynesian and Native South American DNA to find out, and the answer rewrote a chapter of human history. This documentary breaks down the 2020 findings: eastern Polynesians carry a real pulse of Native South American ancestry dating to around 1200 AD — proof that Pacific voyagers and South Americans met and mixed long before any European reached either shore. The greatest sailors in history didn't just find empty islands. They found a continent.
HASHTAGS
#Polynesia #DNA #AncientHistory #Pacific #Genetics #SouthAmerica