Ancient inhabitants of Easter Island traveled 7,500 miles in wooden canoes
The ancient rapanui, the inhabitants of Easter Island, came to that spot after traveled about 7,500 miles, traveling several times the way to South America. Before, they would have already migrated in Polynesia, in wooden canoes.According to the Smithsonian, nobody knows for sure what prompted the Rapa Nui traveling halfway around the world to reach Easter Island, in the great Pacific Ocean. Other of the mysteries is set against the backdrop of gigantic stones hundreds â€" the moai-who have traveled themselves thousands of miles from the site where they were taken. The third secret refers to the way your company itself went into decline and collapsed."Maybe they used ropes to pull the stones or maybe the mice have gnawed all the Palm trees," explains the site. "But we still don't know why they left the Polynesia".Second Will Dunham, who explained the findings of the study in a Reuters article, the DNA of rapanui 27 shows that the Polynesians and rapanui met and fraternized with South Americans, between 1300 and 1500.The research team analyzed the way DNA fragments of Europeans and native Americans has been found in the genomes of the Rapa Nui of Easter Island. The DNA of native Americans is more fragmented than the Europeans, suggesting that this "mix" happened before.The researchers concluded that the "mixture" occurred to 19 to 23 generations â€" on the other hand, the rapanui only began to "blend" with the Europeans in the 19th century. Today the Rapa Nui are 75% Polynesians, 15% in Europe and 10% native Americans.Namely, according to the researchers, the Rapa Nui have spent much of their existence to sail between Easter Island and the South America, probably to change sweet potatoes for other goods.The results â€" absolutely stunning â€" were presented in the journal Current Biology.Foto: Arian Zwegers/Creative Commons
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