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Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre-European contact with the Americas

by agomez314 on 9/11/24, 9:23 PM with 1 comments

• by slwvx on 9/12/24, 12:14 AM

  Polynesian contact with the Americas has been discussed on HN before [1]

  The article is talking about Rapa Nui, or Easter Island [2]. The article also talks about ecological collapse on the island; one of the books that promoted this is Jared Diamond's Collapse [3].

  [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23771756

  [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#

  [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose...