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Re:Deep genetic affinity between coastal Pacific and Amazoni... by tempforanthro on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:08AM (#26746602)
No worries, though I did not mention Polynesians.

This is not the venue to parse out what Australasian means, but, at least genetically, we would be discussing a much older population.

It is by definition about seafaring people, however, as the only accepted migration path to the americas has been over the bering straights.

edit: oops. now i see where you are coming from. Mea culpa. see comment re Pleistocene boats. Apologies for my derp

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Re:Deep genetic affinity between coastal Pacific and Amazoni... by eridan2 on Friday April 09, 2021 @05:31AM (#26748428)
not necessarily seafaring people; the migration was over land, possible due to the lowering of sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum
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Re:Deep genetic affinity between coastal Pacific and Amazoni... by tempforanthro on Friday April 09, 2021 @11:01PM (#26758576)
afaik, or can even imagine, there were no land routes across the Pacific at even glacial maximum.

If you know different, tell.

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