Polynesian DNA suggests epic voyage to South America 800 years ago

Re:Polynesian DNA suggests epic voyage to South America 800 ... by walrus01 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @10:51PM (#23776512)

It's my understanding that serious anthropologists have little but laughter and disdain for Heyerdahl. Perhaps because his methodology was less than exactly scientific, but also due to a number of later spurious claims he made with no evidence.

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Re:Polynesian DNA suggests epic voyage to South America 800 ... by vidarh on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:28AM (#23778997)

While that is true, a whole lot of anthropologists when he went on his first expeditions also laughed at the idea of pre-European contact across the pacific, and whether or not he was right about who visited who the evidence that his claim that there was pre-European contact was true keeps piling up.

Of course he certainly went too far with respect to many of his claims, but he's not the only one with egg on their face in that respect.

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