I 2020 blev det bekræftet via DNA, at Thor Heyerdahl delvis har ret. Der er (også) rejst mennesker fra Sydamerika til Polynesien.<ref>[https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/kon-tiki-nyt-studie-vaekker-ophedet-debat-til-live 08 juli 2020, videnskab.dk: Kon-Tiki: Nyt studie vækker ophedet debat til live. I årtier har eventyreren Thor Heyerdahls teorier om befolkningen af Polynesien været i strid modvind. Nu giver nyt, »fantastisk studie« ham delvist ret], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200709135629/https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/kon-tiki-nyt-studie-vaekker-ophedet-debat-til-live backup]</ref><ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2487-2 08 July 2020, nature.com: Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement] Citat: "...Our analyses suggest strongly that a single contact event occurred in eastern Polynesia, before the settlement of Rapa Nui, between Polynesian individuals and a Native American group most closely related to the indigenous inhabitants of present-day Colombia...", [https://web.archive.org/web/20200709070539/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2487-2 backup]</ref>
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