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His daughter is a Netflix producer or something
That makes a lot of sense! Agreed that that's more likely. Though those settlements would've been pretty transient and/or small since we have nothing in the archaeological record. And no pigs.
It seems likely that the Polynesian word(s) for sweet potato is a direct borrowing from Quecha. Beyond that I don't think there's accepted evidence for vocabulary exchange.
It was a similar distance from there to the nearest Polynesian island, and we know they maintained contact and trade that direction. South America would've offered entirely unique trade goods, so I don't think it's out of the question at all. These were history's greatest sailors and navigators, after all.
Certainly 10% DNA admixture requires more than just a few small interactions.
This aligns with the idea that Rapa Nui was the stepping stone via which Polynesians and Native Americans made contact, traded crops, and had kids together. I wonder if there was ever a minority NA population on the island alongside Polynesians or if it was just occasional mixed kids raised fully Polynesian.
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is it really that hard to believe an animal could be sad?
I love when bad movies bomb
they spend 8-10 hours a day studying Japanese anatomical art
Sorry, I said GAY BACTERIA
Gay bacteria
Humans are definitely bilaterally symmetrical. Symmetry doesn't have to be a perfect mirror image in biology.