His voyage proved that Polynesia could POSSIBLY have been settled by South American tribes. But was this ever scientifically elaborated on? What is the current anthropological answer to how Polynesia was populated?
2007-09-17 22:52:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was elaborated on, as in the westward island hopping...it has not been proven, but it is mainly accepted.
2007-09-21 22:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by dagomithost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Thor Heyerdahl is a joke. The man is a tourist, not an anthropologist.
What does sailing west on a balsa wood raft prove? Everyone already knew the polynesians were doing such ocean trips in even smaller outriggers, so he might as well have built the thing out of oil barrels for all it really proved.
2007-09-18 06:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-09-18 12:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋