http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/mankinds-first-island-voyages/10713 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:31:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/mankinds-first-island-voyages/10713/comment-page-1#comment-233058 Bennett (author) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:02:45 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=10713#comment-233058 zeeohsix - Yes- A future article will take a look at mtDNA in chickens, and the history of the bottle gourd in Polynesia, to see what they tell us about Polynesians reaching the west coast of South America. zeeohsix – Yes- A future article will take a look at mtDNA in chickens, and the history of the bottle gourd in Polynesia, to see what they tell us about Polynesians reaching the west coast of South America.

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/mankinds-first-island-voyages/10713/comment-page-1#comment-231257 zeeohsix Fri, 29 May 2009 11:20:00 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=10713#comment-231257 Polynesians may have gone as far as south america based on the genetics of chickens and showing a west to east Polynesians may have gone as far as south america based on the genetics of chickens and showing a west to east

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/mankinds-first-island-voyages/10713/comment-page-1#comment-225670 Bennett (author) Sat, 16 May 2009 08:28:16 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=10713#comment-225670 Cf - the great explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães). He was Portuguese, not Spanish, born about 1480. He obtained Spanish nationality in order to work for the Spanish Crown, initially to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. My thanks to Pedro Teixeira for clarifying Magellan's country of origin. Cf – the great explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães). He was Portuguese, not Spanish, born about 1480. He obtained Spanish nationality in order to work for the Spanish Crown, initially to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. My thanks to Pedro Teixeira for clarifying Magellan’s country of origin.

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