Climate Change May Have Driven Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific

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New climate evidence suggests a severe drought in the southwest Pacific between 850 and 1200 AD may have prompted Polynesian ancestors to migrate eastward, settling islands like Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island.

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مواضيعarchaeology climate change Pacific Ocean Lapita people long pause migration

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