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Polynesian chickens in Chile
...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...
Posted by Tyler Cowen on December 28, 2007 at 01:49 PM in History | Permalink
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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?
Posted by: elambend at Dec 28, 2007 2:16:11 PM
The sweet potato is usually assumed to have been carried back from S America to Polynesia.
Posted by: dearieme at Dec 28, 2007 3:49:58 PM
Wonder if the 1421 crowd will jump on this? Suspiciously close dating to those Chinese voyages, if you ask me..
Posted by: NickL at Dec 29, 2007 7:07:14 PM
In reference to the previous comment - this IS actually a key bit of evidence in the 1421 book and used by the "1421 crowd" to support the Chinese circumnavigation theory. If I remember correctly there is a whole chapter describing (not just the chicken) the various plants and animals from China that have cropped up in the Americas prior to the arrival of Europeans.
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