Genetic analysis by Paul Wallin, published in 'Nature':
We find conclusive evidence for prehistoric contact of Polynesian individuals with Native American individuals (around AD 1200) contemporaneous with the settlement of remote Oceania. Our analyses suggest strongly that a single contact event occurred in eastern Polynesia, before the settlement of Rapa Nui [Easter Island], between Polynesian individuals and a Native American group most closely related to the indigenous inhabitants of present-day Colombia.
https://media.nature.com/original/ma...20-01983-5.pdf
We find conclusive evidence for prehistoric contact of Polynesian individuals with Native American individuals (around AD 1200) contemporaneous with the settlement of remote Oceania. Our analyses suggest strongly that a single contact event occurred in eastern Polynesia, before the settlement of Rapa Nui [Easter Island], between Polynesian individuals and a Native American group most closely related to the indigenous inhabitants of present-day Colombia.
https://media.nature.com/original/ma...20-01983-5.pdf
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