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Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement.
Nature - 1 Jul 2020
Ioannidis Alexander G, Blanco-Portillo Javier, Sandoval Karla, Hagelberg Erika, Miquel-Poblete Juan Francisco, Moreno-Mayar J Víctor, Rodríguez-Rodríguez Juan Esteban, Quinto-Cortés Consuelo D, Auckland Kathryn, Parks Tom, Robson Kathryn, Hill Adrian V S, Avila-Arcos María C, Sockell Alexandra, Homburger Julian R, Wojcik Genevieve L, Barnes Kathleen C, Herrera Luisa, Berríos Soledad, Acuña Mónica, Llop Elena, Eng Celeste, Huntsman Scott, Burchard Esteban G, Gignoux Christopher R, Cifuentes Lucía, Verdugo Ricardo A, Moraga Mauricio, Mentzer Alexander J, Bustamante Carlos D, Moreno-Estrada Andrés
Abstract excerpt
The possibility of voyaging contact between prehistoric Polynesian and Native American populations has long intrigued researchers. Proponents have pointed to the existence of New World crops, such as the sweet potato and bottle gourd, in the Polynesian archaeological record, but nowhere else outside the pre-Columbian Americas1-6, while critics have argued that these botanical dispersals need not have been human...
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