I've just been wondering on something... would it have been possible for the Polynesians to reach Galapagos? If yes, what effects/consequences would this have?
I've just been wondering on something... would it have been possible for the Polynesians to reach Galapagos? If yes, what effects/consequences would this have?
I'm not sure what you're shooting for, but there's fairly good evidence that Polynesians had traveled to South America.
The tortoises would definitely be goners. What else?About the Darwin evolution thing...a fellow named Wallace was doing the same thing in Indonesia (some type of high diversity climate) so science (as usual) would have went on at the same pace. Although the loss of the Galapagos as a pristine place is saddening.
The tortoises would definitely be goners. What else?
Yes, the sweet potato is native to South America but was eaten by Polynesians (pre-European contact).
Wait -can the Galapagos support much of a human population?
My understanding is that this is not established fact and that it may have been introduced early on into the European contact.
1st source is entierly unreliable - basically a wikipedia type set up that anyone can edit, 2nd "source" simple claims unsourced "archaeological evidence"
You'll have to come up with a reliable source to debunk the claim in Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel that the source of sweet potatoes was European introduction in the 15th C. I'm going by.