{"id":28407,"date":"2015-10-19T20:16:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/?p=28407"},"modified":"2015-10-19T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T18:17:59","slug":"polynesian-seafarers-discovered-america-long-before-europeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/2015\/10\/19\/polynesian-seafarers-discovered-america-long-before-europeans","title":{"rendered":"Polynesian seafarers discovered America long before Europeans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/pix\/2015\/10\/191015_3gr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/pix\/2015\/10\/191015_3kl.jpg\" alt=\"polynesians\" width=\"480\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<sup>Hawaiian navigators sailing multi-hulled canoe, c. 1781, Photo: Wiki Commons<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/wilderness-resources\/stories\/polynesian-seafarers-discovered-america-long-before\">Mother Nature Network<\/a>: &#8222;The prevailing theory about the &#8222;rediscovery&#8220; of the American continents used to be such a simple tale. Most people are familiar with it: In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Then that theory was complicated when, in 1960, archaeologists discovered a site in Canada&#8217;s Newfoundland, called L&#8217;Anse aux Meadows, which proved that Norse explorers likely beat Columbus to the punch by about 500 years.<\/p>\n<p>Now startling new DNA evidence promises to complicate the story even more. It turns out that it was not Columbus or the Norse \u2014 or any Europeans at all \u2014 who first rediscovered the Americas. It was actually the Polynesians.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ich finde solche Geschichten gro\u00dfartig. Man muss sich das mal vorstellen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;The findings show that the technological capabilities of ancient peoples and cultures from around the world should not be underestimated, and that the history of human expansion across the globe is probably far more complicated than anyone could have previously imagined.&#8220;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28407?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"PDF anzeigen\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28407?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burks.de\/burksblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Inhalt drucken\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_28407 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-de_DE sprite-de_DE\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_28407')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_28407').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"facebook\":{\"status\":\"on\",\"txt_info\":\"2 Klicks f\\u00fcr mehr Datenschutz: Erst wenn Sie hier klicken, wird der Button aktiv und Sie k\\u00f6nnen Ihre Empfehlung an Facebook senden. 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