Posted on 08/05/2014 7:13:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin
From your third link:
“The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians.”
Which is a bit more definitive than a single tall skeleton and one piece of pottery, so I’m unconvinced of your thesis.
It’s altogether possible that the current inhabitants weren’t the first settlers to the islands, though. They may have found other people already there when they arrived and just killed them or assimilated them without leaving much of a genetic trace.
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