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To: blam

I would think that this had already been settled back in the 40’s by Thor Heyerdahl.


11 posted on 05/20/2007 6:43:33 PM PDT by Roccus (Stolen tag.............The "P" in Democrat stands for Patriotism.)
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To: Roccus
I would think that this had already been settled back in the 40’s by Thor Heyerdahl.

Thor Heyerdahl's main theory turned out to be wrong, as genetic evidence makes it obvious that current Polynesians are from Southeast Asia, not the Americas.

16 posted on 05/20/2007 7:09:55 PM PDT by Strategerist
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"I would think that this had already been settled back in the 40’s by Thor Heyerdahl."

DNA studies show that there was no gene flow from South America out into the Pacific.

19 posted on 05/20/2007 10:31:50 PM PDT by blam
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