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Scientists used the chemistry of stone artifacts to trace human migration in the Pacific, revealing evidence of long voyages and cultural exchange.

Geochemical analyses of stone artifacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium.

Sailors from ancient Polynesia are well-known for their epic journeys to remote islands long before Europeans arrived in America.

Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2023 - Polynesian peoples are renowned for their advanced sailing technology and for reaching the most remote islands on the planet centuries before the Europeans reached the Americas. Through swift eastwa

Stone tools tell us about Polynesian Migration being more common than thought. Their seafaring skills made for a peaceful community among neighboring Pacific Islands.

The team’s analysis suggests that the items were carried there from over 1,000 miles away from their source regions in Samoa.

An international team of researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, in collaboration with archaeologists from the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Port-Vila in Vanuatu, used geochemical fingerprinting to reconstruct long-distance voyages between central and western Pacific Islands during the last millennium A.D.