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Anthropology

wnylib

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4. What about the recent evidence of

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 05:16 PM

Apr 2021

contact between Polynesia and the western coast of South America? It extended to some peoole farther inland than the coast.

Depending on how distant tbe DNA connections are, the Melanesian DNA might have reached South America via Polynesia.

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