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Ancient DNA From Rapa Nui Shows Polynesians And Native Americans Interbred
The possibility of interchange between Polynesia and the Americas via Rapa Nui has been very controversial, but the presence ...
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DNA suggests this culture contacted Indigenous Americans centuries before European explorers
Although 3,700 kilometers of ocean separate Rapa Nui from South America, the genetic evidence suggests pre-European contact between the two populations. The findings imply that the Rapa Nui could ...
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Exploring Easter Island, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands
There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...