Voyages of discovery or necessity? Fish poisoning may be why Polynesians left paradise

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 10:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Fish poisoning, or ciguatera could be the reason that New Zealand, Easter Island and, possibly, Hawaii in the 11th to 15th centuries became colonized by masses of migrating Polynesians.

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