FILE PHOTO: TOURIST WALKS NEXT TO THE MOAI STATUES IN EASTER ISLAND. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South ...

Surfing has been around for centuries. It is well-known that the ancient Polynesians and Hawaiians were among the first to ever ride the waves, but there are accounts of surfing that go back even ...

A canoe that has sailed around the world has docked in San Diego. KPBS reporter Katie Hyson climbed aboard to learn how the crew was taking back the ancient Polynesian voyaging tradition. Hidden ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Polynesian voyaging canoe will set sail from Hawaii in March and head into the South Pacific, aiming to reach tiny Palmyra Atoll near Kiribati using only an ancient seafaring ...

About 3,000 years ago, people on the eastern edge of Asia began sailing east, crossing the ocean to reach uninhabited islands. Their descendants, some 2,000 years later, invented the double-hulled ...

July 8 (UPI) --Ancient Polynesians and Native Americans hailing from what's now Colombia were in contact prior to the arrival of Europeans, according to a new genomic survey. The topic of precolonial ...

New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic ...