…radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of a chicken bone excavated from a site in Chile suggest Polynesians in oceangoing canoes brought chickens to the west coast of South America well before Europe’s "Age of Discovery."
The full story is here, via Jason Kottke. And I still think those Olmec heads are portraits of Africans…
No surprise, why would they stop at rapa nui after going that far. For me the far more interesting question is why did the trade stop?
Wonder if the 1421 crowd will jump on this? Suspiciously close dating to those Chinese voyages, if you ask me..
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