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Genetic study traces first Hawaiians to Easter Island

Original: Genetic study shows the first Hawai'ians came from Easter Island and arrived around 1200 A.D. This work clashes with tra

A new genetic study concludes that the first Hawaiians arrived around 1200 A.D. from Easter Island, challenging the long-held scholarly view that they came centuries earlier from the Marquesas and Tahiti. The finding has sparked debate among researchers, with some questioning how the DNA evidence fits with traditional Polynesian migration history and established archaeological scholarship.

Why now: The study's conclusion directly contradicts decades of accepted scholarship on Polynesian settlement of Hawaii.

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• Genetic study shows the first Hawai'ians came from Easter Island and arrived around 1200 A.D. This work clashes with traditional scholarship, which estimated the first Hawai'ians arrived centuries earlier from the Marquesas and Tahiti. I expected to find robust discussion of… · brianvastag@mas.to · 5

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