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Did American Indians cross the Pacific to Polynesia before Columbus made his discovery ? Botanical evidence at least does not seem to support a positive answer.
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PICKERSGILL, B., BUNTING, A. Cultivated Plants and the Kon-Tiki Theory. Nature 222, 225–227 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222225a0
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