Posted on 09/27/2007 3:46:25 PM PDT by blam
about 1,000 years ago, some Polynesians sailed 7 out-rigger canoes from Tahiti to a group of islands in the South pacific they called, Aotearoa..”Land of the long White Cloud..actually a long mountain range appeared as clouds from out at sea...
The islands were later discovered by a Dutchman, Able Tasman, and called...New Zealand..
Tell them to bring their own women next time.
The human settlement of the Pacific Islands represents one of the most recent major migration events of mankind.
Polynesians originated in Asia according to linguistic evidence or in Melanesia according to archaeological evidence.
To shed light on the genetic origins of Polynesians, we investigated over 400 Polynesians from 8 island groups, in comparison with over 900 individuals from potential parental populations of Melanesia, Southeast and East Asia, and Australia, by means of Y chromosome (NRY) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers. Overall, we classified 94.1% of Polynesian Y chromosomes and 99.8% of Polynesian mtDNAs as of either Melanesian (NRY-DNA: 65.8%, mtDNA: 6%) or Asian (NRY-DNA: 28.3%, mtDNA: 93.8%) origin, suggesting a dual genetic origin of Polynesians in agreement with the "Slow Boat" hypothesis.
Our data suggest a pronounced admixture bias in Polynesians toward more Melanesian men than women, perhaps as a result of matrilocal residence in the ancestral Polynesian society. Although dating methods are consistent with somewhat similar entries of NRY/mtDNA haplogroups into Polynesia, haplotype sharing suggests an earlier appearance of Melanesian haplogroups than those from Asia.
Surprisingly, we identified gradients in the frequency distribution of some NRY/mtDNA haplogroups across Polynesia and a gradual west-to-east decrease of overall NRY/mtDNA diversity, not only providing evidence for a west-to-east direction of Polynesian settlements but also suggesting that Pacific voyaging was regular rather than haphazard.
We also demonstrate that Fiji played a pivotal role in the history of Polynesia: humans probably first migrated to Fiji, and subsequent settlement of Polynesia probably came from Fiji.
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ML/NJ
I used to have NZ neighbors...
No complaints about the NZ who just happen to have Maori blood...
What an ijit that woman is...
Every schoolkid in NZ knows that the Tahitians, the Hawaiians and the Maoris are all cousins...
The Hawaiians and the Maoris all come from Tahiti...
No Masters for you...
The stars have been around forever..almost..
They used the stars to guide them just as later, Captain Cook and others used the stars...the Southern Cross... to guide them...
Ask the Vikings how they found the coast of America and other parts about the same time as the Polynesians made their journeys across the Pacific Ocean...
Read James A Michener’s account of the Hawaiians trip from Tahiti..and subsequent trips for women etc in his book, South Pacific..
ML/NJ
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Ben Finney, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of HawaiiI've hated that guy ever since he tried to destroy the Enterprise and send Cap't Kirk to prison.
Thanks, blam. So, it looks like chickens went from Southeast Asia to South America and sweet potatoes from South America to Polynesia.
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Bird Flu?
fish hooks.
ML/NJ
Another thing I have read that they used is reading the ocean waves. When waves strike an island, they can be deflected or reflected. So when you have a steady wind, and a small swell running counter to the main swell, it will indicate the presence of land.
I can't remember the title, but there is a great book of survival at sea by a guy whose sailboat sank in the eastern Atlantic during a race to the Caribbean, and survived 76 days in a lifeboat with only a few items, including a makeshift water purifier that he got some water from. A lot of what he got was from the fish though, particularly the eyes.
Anything floating or slow moving draws small fish seeking to hide, which eventually draws Dorado and other gamefish (and sharks). Also if you hang a light at night squid and flying fish will jump into the boat. Food isnt a problem, water is the most important thing to bring and you can fit enough to survive for a few weeks pretty easily.
> The analysis confirms traditional tales of vast ocean voyages and hints that a trading network existed between Hawaii and Tahiti as early as a thousand years ago.
I found the similarities between Hawaiian and Rarotongan and Maori to be so similar it is remarkable. At some base level they are able to communicate, which suggests that there would have been some level of regular dialog between them over the vast expanses of blue Pacific Ocean that separate their island groups.
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