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From: "Kenneth Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: [DNA] Polynesians and Kon Tiki Concept
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:27:34 -0600

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8582150/Kon-Tiki-explorer-was-partly-right-Polynesians-had-South-American-roots.html

I find this story particularly interesting because in 1972 a sailboat on which I crewed visited the reef on Raroia Island where the Kon Tiki expedition ended its voyage.

But those researchers have a difficult task --- to prove convincingly that Captain Cook and other early visitors to Polynesia did not have some crew with native American ancestry.

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• [DNA] Polynesians and Kon Tiki Concept by "Kenneth Nordtvedt" <>

  • Re: [DNA] Polynesians and Kon Tiki Concept by Ann Turner <>
    • [DNA] Testing Results by "Scott D Kendall" <>
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        • Re: [DNA] Testing Results by "Scott D Kendall" <>
  • Re: [DNA] Polynesians and Kon Tiki Concept by "Bob May" <>