Coral files reveal time of first Polynesian settlements

Polynesia was one of the last places on Earth to be settled by humans, and new techniques reveal that this settlement first occurred within a 16 year window nearly 3,000 years ago. The research reveals that the first human settlers lived in a founder colony on the islands of Tonga between 2,830 to 2,846 years ago.

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