![]() ![]() Sorry, Thor: DNA analysis of the remains of the original settlers of islands all around the Pacific, including Easter Island, demonstrates that they actually came from South-East Asia. ![]() But although the tale of his replica raft and the voyage westward across the Pacific in August 1947 makes a stirring tale, his idea has now been proved to be wrong. Its skipper was the then 33-year-old Thor Heyerdahl, and their destination was Polynesia. In The Voyage of the `Kon-Tiki', the Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl famously proved that early humans could have used the trade winds to sail from Peru to Easter Island - and thus be its first settlers. Kon-Tiki Expedition The Kon-Tiki Museum Kon-Tiki (1947) On 28 April 1947, a raft made of balsawood carrying six men and a parrot sailed out of Callao, Peru. Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, United Kingdom Seller Rating: Contact seller. Charles Arthur, Science Editor, on the molecules that have upset a great adventure. Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952. But DNA evidence now shows that his theory was wrong. Thor Heyerdahl Dies at 87 His Voyage on Kon-Tiki Argued for Ancient Mariners By John Noble Wilford ApSee the article in its original context from April 19, 2002, Section A, Page. ![]() ![]() Fifty years ago, Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition appeared to prove that ancient humans could have sailed west from South American to colonise the Pacific islands. ![]()
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