Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Did Polynesians discover Americas before Europeans?

Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas
New Scientist (subscription), UK - Jun 4, 2007
However, this date range does coincide with dates for the colonization of the easternmost islands of Polynesia, including Pitcairn and Easter Island. ...

Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus
LiveScience.com, NY - Jun 4, 2007
They continued gradually eastwards, but were never thought to have journeyed further than Easter Island, about 2000 miles off the coast of continental Chile ...

First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia
New York Times, NY - Jun 4, 2007
... far-ranging canoes had by then not only populated the Pacific as far east as Hawaii and Easter Island, but also had on occasion reached the Americas. ...

Chicken bones say Polynesians beat Europeans to New World
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 4, 2007
The sequences were very similar to those of chickens from Hawaii, also about 5000 miles distant, and Easter Island, located about 2500 miles away. ...

Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas by well over a century
South Asian Women's Forum, India - Jun 4, 2007
... to have reached the Americas, since they probably traveled eastward from Easter Island, which was first settled as late as AD 1200,” Storey added. ...

Polynesians beat Spaniards to South America, study shows
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 5, 2007
The sequences were very similar to those of chickens from Hawaii, also about 5000 miles distant, and Easter Island, about 2500 miles away. ...

Chicken-bone clue points to early voyages to Chile
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - Jun 5, 2007
... and the nations of Polynesia — whose boundaries have been described as a triangle with its points at Hawai'i, New Zealand and Easter Island or Rapa Nui. ...

Chicken leg proves Columbus was far from first
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jun 5, 2007
"Easter Island is hard to hit, it's a tiny spot," Ms Storey said. "They knew how to sail against the wind. They could go east, and get back west." ...

Polynesians answer riddle of how chook crossed ocean
The Age, Australia - Jun 5, 2007
... far-ranging canoes had by then not only populated the Pacific as far east as Hawaii and Easter Island, but also had on occasion reached the Americas. ...

The Chicken Connection to the Americas
Technocrat.net, MA - Jun 5, 2007
The DNA sequence is found in chickens from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Easter Island and Hawaii,” Matisoo-Smith said. “If we had to guess, we would say it was ...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This study which uncovers new scientific evidences of our ancestors courage, daring and superiour navigational wisdoms is only the begining. However, it is known to our people of Polynesia and to our ancestors that navigation were aided by heavenly guidance and now we are going to discover evidences of their doings. History in Rapa Nui will point to the fact that our ancestors navigated far and wide with much success but majority of the westerns are not willing to credit them. But we are, for we know our ancestors were smart people, courageous, and endowed with wisdoms from above.

Long live our ancestors!

Sincerely,
'Afa K. Palu (A native of Tonga-the Friendly Islands)
A.Sc, B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD Student
Provo Utah