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Specialists in the field of paleogenetics managed to decipher the genetic code of the people who inhabited the once legendary island Easter.
Scientists have found that the local aborigines were relatives Polynesians. In addition, these people have never contacted by other people before the Europeans arrived on the island. Earlier it was assumed that the islanders periodically interacted with South American Indians, however now it turned out that it was not So.
Easter Island is considered one of the most mysterious places on our planet. More than 2000 years ago, a unique and bizarre civilization. These people left behind a lot amazing tracks including the world famous moai – stone monolithic idols, which, according to modern scholars, depict deified ancestors of the Polynesians.
Unfortunately, the outlandish people almost died out before here are the colonists. This was caused by the depletion of natural resources, caused by irrational destruction of forests and animals, as well as constant wars between local tribes.
The remains of this civilization were finally destroyed in mid-19th century after the occupation of the island by slave traders. System Written aboriginal islands have sunk into oblivion, and decipher them ancient texts scholars cannot still.
Purebred natives of Easter Island lived in full isolation
There were other mysteries of this mysterious island, for example, lack of clean genetic lines in its inhabitants. Researchers could not determine if the islanders were purebred Polynesians who moved here from New Guinea and Australia, or they were descendants of mixed marriages migrants from Oceania and more ancient Indians. Now experts, may have put an end to this matter by restoring DNA from bones several aborigines.
It is noteworthy that other people of science have repeatedly studied these bones did not find traces of DNA in them, but now its insignificant the number was found in the ribs of five skeletons.
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Restoring the full version of mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid, experts determined that residents Easter islands for several millennia lived in absolute isolation, having managed to create quite a bit before the decline of his civilization impressive in its spiritual level society.
Now a new question has arisen: where is the real homeland this mysterious people? Recall that, according to some alternative explorers, these islanders were descendants aliens, and huge stone heads are some transmitters that served them to communicate with the ancestral planet.
DNA Easter Island
