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Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre-European contact with the Americas
- slwvx 2y agoPolynesian 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23771756 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island# [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose...