The Insight | 9 July 2020 | 0h 44m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Alex Ioannidis on the Nature paper he co-authored: Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement. Explains the genetic evidence for pre-Columbian Native American ancestry in Eastern Polynesia. Did the Polynesians bring them back from the mainland? Or did they voyage themselves?
Interesting that it could have been South Americans sailing to Polynesia, or Polynesians sailing to South America; when I read about this previously, I understood the latter only. The next step will be studying the sweet potatoes.