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Ancient voyage carried Native Americans’ DNA to remote Pacific islands

Finding that some Polynesians have genetic ancestry from South America supports long-held theory that ancient populations met and produced offspring.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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Traces of Native American ancestry have been found in the genomes of modern inhabitants of some Polynesian islands, suggesting that ancient islanders met and mixed with people from South America hundreds of years ago.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02055-4

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