Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Duncan Craig Wrote:
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> > Hello Lee,
> > What has Heyerdahls racism to do with the
> genomic
> > evidence?
>
> I wish I'd seen Molle's comments sooner, he
> explains things a lot better than I can:
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> "3/ presents a high risk of resurgence of old, and
> often racist, ideas about the history of the
> region. "
>
> and his conclusion:
> "This hypothesis has been mentioned by the
> authors. What I criticized is that it was
> presented as “an alternative explanation” while
> the idea that Native Americans inhabited the
> Marquesas prior the Polynesians' arrival is put
> forward. Thus, building up on Heyerdahl’s, is
> untenable"


Agree.