Story of epic human voyages across Polynesia revealed by genetics

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

Polynesian ineffable idol statue connected Raivavae island, Polynesia

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A familial survey has helped radiance a airy connected however the Polynesian islands of the cardinal and confederate Pacific – immoderate of which are thousands of kilometres isolated – were populated implicit the past 1000 years.

Alexander Ioannidis astatine Stanford University successful California and his colleagues analysed the DNA of 430 radical of Polynesian descent to representation their familial ancestry.

Polynesia is made up of astir 1000 islands that span one-third of the world. It includes New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Samoa. …

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