time that colonization of polynesia by southeast asian and indonesian ancestors?

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Answer 1

Apparently, the colonization of Polynesia is in hot debate right now.

QUOTE: The colonization of Polynesia is usually placed well toward the end of the broader narrative of European and American overseas conquest and colonization.
http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3757/is_200412/ai_n9471553


http://wings.buffalo.edu/research/anthrogis/JWA/V1N3/scott-rev.html
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/poly.html
The human settlement of the Pacific Islands represents one of the most recent major migration events of mankind. Polynesians originated in Asia according to linguistic evidence or in Melanesia according to archaeological evidence.
http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/23/11/2234
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Answer 2

Awhile ago.

Answer 3

not sure