Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 22, 2018 4:37:46 GMT 12
WHO WERE THE FIRST HUMANS TO REACH NEW ZEALAND?
The arrival of Europeans in New Zealand in the 18th century connected two long-separate branches of the human family tree. Commonly, most Māori men today carry Y-chromosomes of European descent, and Pacific maternal lineages. In other words, the sailors, whalers and missionaries readily mated with Māori women. Thus, the people who went their different ways somewhere in the Middle East 60,000 years ago, came together again in New Zealand......
www.stuff.co.nz/science/100629585/dna-who-were-the-first-humans-to-reach-aotearoa
The arrival of Europeans in New Zealand in the 18th century connected two long-separate branches of the human family tree. Commonly, most Māori men today carry Y-chromosomes of European descent, and Pacific maternal lineages. In other words, the sailors, whalers and missionaries readily mated with Māori women. Thus, the people who went their different ways somewhere in the Middle East 60,000 years ago, came together again in New Zealand......
www.stuff.co.nz/science/100629585/dna-who-were-the-first-humans-to-reach-aotearoa