[reactspa]

Polynesians are Asian in origin.

Easter Islanders are believed to be Polynesian.

Here's a strange thing: there's some Asian-origin DNA in some of the indigenous people of Latin American. For some strange reason this is not discussed much.

[asdff]

It is discussed though, people write articles about it and very recently more evidence seems to support it. The sweet potato could also be supporting evidence for some contact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_co...

[reactspa]

I suppose the fact that "native americans" were also from Siberia/Asia makes it complicated to separate Polynesian/Asian DNA from "native american" DNA.

The Mapuche people look stunningly Polynesian/Asian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche

[selimthegrim]

Datura metel is another one.

[tmn]

What's strange about that? It seems pretty likely(i'm not even saying it's true, just intuitive), that indigenous american and south america peoples are more closely related with east Asian folk than with indo European or African folk. Due to visual similarities as well as conceivable migration routes.