Stalemate - seafaring Polynesians & their chickens beat Columbus by a century?

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David - 30 Jul 2008 22:33 GMT

Ker Than for National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080728-polynesia-chicken.html

"In other words, the Chilean chicken could
have come from anywhere."

We just don't know.

David Christainsen

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Jack Linthicum - 30 Jul 2008 22:43 GMT

> Ker Than for National Geographic Newshttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080728-polynesia-chic...
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> David Christainsen

Yes we do, read back a bit and see how wrong you are.

On Jul 29, 12:07 pm, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net>
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> 'Chicken and Chips' Theory of Pacific Migration
> Libraries
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> sequences and radiocarbon and stable isotope data from archaeological
> excavations within both Chile and Polynesia.

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David - 30 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT

On Jul 30, 5:43 pm, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>...
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> Yes we do, read back a bit and see how wrong you are.
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Ker Than for National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080728-polynesia-chicken.html

"Terry Jones, an archaeologist at Cal Poly San
Luis Obispo in California, was not involved in
either study.

'I see a stalemate here,' Jones said.

'I don't think this is the final word by any means.
The burden of proof on this issue is extremely
high. Neither study seems to have met it.'"

David Christainsen

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Stalemate - seafaring Polynesians & their chickens beat Columbus by a century?