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Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus
livescience.com ^ | 04 June 2007 | Heather Whipps

Posted on 09/16/2009 1:07:41 PM PDT by Nikas777

Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus

By Heather Whipps, Special to LiveScience

Which came first–the chicken or the European?

Popular history, and a familiar rhyme about Christopher Columbus, holds that Europeans made contact with the Americas in 1492, with some arguing that the explorer and his crew were the first outsiders to reach the New World.

But chicken bones recently unearthed on the coast of Chile—dating prior to Columbus’ “discovery” of America and resembling the DNA of a fowl species native to Polynesia—may challenge that notion, researchers say.

“Chickens could not have gotten to South America on their own—they had to be taken by humans,” said anthropologist Lisa Matisoo-Smith from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Polynesians made contact with the west coast of South America as much as a century before any Spanish conquistadors, her findings imply.

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To: Nikas777

The term “Native American” was coined by the Dept. of Interior in the 1970s I believe.


41 posted on 09/16/2009 1:46:37 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Nikas777

Polynesian Chicken served over a bed of rice with sauteed onions and peppers.

Yep, guess they got here first.


42 posted on 09/16/2009 1:47:29 PM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: muawiyah

Did they come over when the Continents were joined?


43 posted on 09/16/2009 1:47:43 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Nikas777
Grilled or the Colonel's traditional recipe?
44 posted on 09/16/2009 1:56:17 PM PDT by llevrok (As a matter of fact, yes I DO care if Jimmy cracks corn !)
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To: Nikas777
Native Americans is now considered Un-PC

You're right. I was born here and am therefore a native. And God love me, the most un-PC guy you'll ever meet!

45 posted on 09/16/2009 1:58:07 PM PDT by llevrok (As a matter of fact, yes I DO care if Jimmy cracks corn !)
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To: llevrok

Touche! Nice one!


46 posted on 09/16/2009 2:03:52 PM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: LottieDah
The native Americans were here before Columbus, so someone had to find it first.

I was gonna post the same thing. Obviously native Americans, or American "Indians" if you prefer, discovered it first since they were already here.

47 posted on 09/16/2009 2:11:00 PM PDT by MCH
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To: Nikas777
Hmm. Think maybe that red and white bucket should have tipped someone off?


48 posted on 09/16/2009 2:12:15 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right,...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: Nikas777
They prefer to be called American Indians now.

But they're not from India?!

49 posted on 09/16/2009 2:13:23 PM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: frithguild
They prefer to be called American Indians now.

You're kiddin' me...right?

50 posted on 09/16/2009 2:17:42 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right,...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: HamiltonJay
So, for historical purposes one can argue Columbus may not have been the first to discover the continents, but he’s the one that matters long term.

Maybe because his sailors brought gonnorhea and the Plague his visits had the most impact. It made the real estate preety cheap for subsequent visitors who wanted to stay.

51 posted on 09/16/2009 2:20:42 PM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: muawiyah
It is hard to deny the incredible feat of sailing that Columbus achieved. It was it's true, his voyage that changed the world forever. I do like the emerging picture of people stumbling onto the new World for quite some time. There are tribes in South America who show negroid features and there were tribes like the Mandans who were said to be very European in appearance in North America. I guess that there was some contribution even if it was insignificant compared to Columbus. Most sadly the people of the New World had to wait until after Columbus to start enjoying chicken dinners again.
52 posted on 09/16/2009 2:22:14 PM PDT by dog breath
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To: OpeEdMunkey

I prefer to call them First Americans, they are no more “native” than I am.


53 posted on 09/16/2009 2:41:16 PM PDT by AUH2O Repub (Palin/Hunter 2012)
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To: Nikas777

Polynesians best get in the long line of people who found the Americas before Columbus.


54 posted on 09/16/2009 2:42:56 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Nikas777

Wasn’t that Les Nessman, apologizing about throwing Thanksgiving turkeys from the WKRP newscopter to a crowd? LOL... great show :)


55 posted on 09/16/2009 3:16:29 PM PDT by DesertConservative
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Chickens could not have gotten to South America on their own—they had to be taken by humans,”

Soft tyranny of low expectations.
****

Clearly an early affirmative action program. Chicken’s can’t “make it” without the Man.


56 posted on 09/16/2009 3:17:26 PM PDT by DesertConservative
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To: Nikas777

The native Americans...

^^
I consider myself Native American because I was born here.


57 posted on 09/16/2009 4:51:19 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012)
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58 posted on 09/16/2009 5:54:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Nikas777

....KFC take out?


59 posted on 09/16/2009 5:58:00 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: hc87

You are so right. Regardless of who came here before him, Columbus changed history and changed the world; the others didn’t. They left no mark on history, even if they left chicken bones.


60 posted on 09/16/2009 6:11:15 PM PDT by La Lydia
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