Did Polynesians Reach America? DNA evidence

The genetic evidence for one of the greatest voyages in history.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:06 Spanish Potatoes?
5:32 Thor and Lapita
10:30 Oral History Meets Genetics
14:34 Rapa Nui DNA
21:00 The New Study
29:18 When
35:14 Where
38:14 Caveat
41:34 Tei Tetua

Sources:
Ioannidis, Alexander G., et al. “Native American Gene Flow into Polynesia Predating Easter Island Settlement.” Nature, vol. 583, no. 7817, 2020, pp. 572–577, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-24....

Ioannidis, Alexander G., Javier Blanco-Portillo, Karla Sandoval, Erika Hagelberg, Carmina Barberena-Jonas, et al. “Paths and Timings of the Peopling of Polynesia Inferred from Genomic Networks.” Nature, vol. 597, no. 7877, 2021, pp. 522–526, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03....

Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor, et al. “Genome-Wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans.” Current Biology, vol. 24, no. 21, 2014, pp. 2518–2525, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09....

Ioannidis, Alexander G., Javier Blanco-Portillo, Karla Sandoval, Erika Hagelberg, Carmina Barberena-Jonas, et al. “Paths and Timings of the Peopling of Polynesia Inferred from Genomic Networks.” Nature, vol. 597, no. 7877, 2021, pp. 522–526, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03....

Eckstein, Lars, and Anja Schwarz. “The Making of Tupaia’s Map: A Story of the Extent and Mastery of Polynesian Navigation, Competing Systems of Wayfinding on James Cook’s Endeavor, and the Invention of an Ingenious Cartographic System.” The Journal of Pacific History, vol. 54, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1–95, https://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2018....

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