Polynesians -- And Their Chickens -- Arrived in Americas Before Columbus
| National Geographic News, 4/jun/2007. "The greatest testament we have today to the sailing abilities of the ancient Polynesians may be found in a few ancient chicken bones, a new study reveals. The bones, which scientists recently dug up from a site on the central coast of Chile, offer a startling conclusion: Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas by probably a century or more, arriving at the latest in the early 1400s."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070604-chickens.html |