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Re:Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study by jacksonkmarley on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @03:57AM (#27526030)
I think I read somewhere that the DNA studies showed genetic transfer in one direction only, S. America to Polynesia, and not the other way, which seems like a bit of a counter argument.
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Re:Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study by jeltz on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:33AM (#27527304)
There are studies which has shown that some Amazonian natives had partial Melanesian ancestry which supports the argument.
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Re:Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study by jacksonkmarley on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @11:22AM (#27529546)
If you mean these [0], I think they are talking specifically about a migration route through the Aleutians?

[0] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/mysterious-link-emer...

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