Easter Islanders contacted South America long before Europeans

Posted On: Apr 9th, 2015 at 14:42

Easter Island.
This is an astounding discovery because of one little fact that seems to be ignored during the article.
I am certainly of the opinion that the Americas were populated much earlier than science accepts thus far. But putting that argument aside for a moment, here it states that contact between Easter Islanders and the Americas happened long before any Europeans arrived on Easter Island.
It also states the most likely route would have been a trip from Easter Islan…d to South America AND back again, rather than South Americans reaching Easter Island, judging by the DNA markers.
Naturally, the thing that sticks out in my mind is how these people managed to pinpoint the exact location of their tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on their return journey…
However, the Polynesians were expert sea travellers long before the Europeans mastered the art, and I have always been of the opinion that South America was populated long before North America. Although this article states contact between Polynesians and South Americans occurred between 1300 and 1500 AD, I think it’s opening the doors to the realisation that the Polynesians were the first masters of the oceans.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/cp-gds101614.php