Wednesday, June 06, 2007

More about Polynesian discovery of Americas before Europeans?

Polynesians may have introduced poultry
ScienceAlert, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
... conclusively found the bones followed the same DNA sequence as prehistoric Polynesian chickens from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Hawaii and Easter Island. ...

Anthropologists unearth Polynesian contact with South America
ABC Online, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
LISA MATISOO-SMITH: So the result shows that Polynesians probably continued sailing eastwards, beyond Easter Island and reached the shores of South America ...

Chicken 'takeaway' links Polynesians to America
ABC Science Online, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
"Then they had similar sequences to chicken bones from sites in Niue, Easter Island and Hawaii, so we concluded that indeed, they did look like they were ...

And this little chicken went to South America
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2007
Dr Matisoo-Smith said most experts agreed now that Polynesian voyaging within the Hawaii-Easter Island-New Zealand triangle was purposeful. ...

Chicken bone history clue
SBS - World News Australia, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

'Columbus was beaten to South America'
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

Ancient bones rewrite history
TVNZ, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2007
"Polynesians probably continued sailing eastwards beyond Easter Island and reached the shores of South America and introduced the chicken to South America ...

Chicken bone beats Columbus
iAfrica.com, South Africa - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

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