# Ioannidis 2020: Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement

> Alexander G. Ioannidis, Javier Blanco-Portillo, Karla Sandoval et al., 2020. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first genomic case for…

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# Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement

Alexander G. Ioannidis, Javier Blanco-Portillo, Karla Sandoval et al., 2020. _Nature 583, 572–577_.

Genome-wide data from living Pacific islanders and Native Americans show a single contact event between Polynesians and a Native American group related to the Zenu of Colombia, dated to about AD 1200.

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The first genomic case for pre-European contact with the Americas.

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Ioannidis, A. G., Blanco-Portillo, J., Sandoval, K., Hagelberg, E., & Miquel-Poblete, J. F. (2020). Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement. Nature 583, 572–577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2487-2
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