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[โ€“] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

According to wikipedia this is the less likely and imo less interesting explanation. They did find coconuts that are genetically distinct from the ones the Spanish brought over from the Philippines, but those ones are more distantly related to the ones in polynesia so they probably didn't float over. Instead they are more likely evidence of pre-columbian contact of Polynesians with south and central America, along with sweet potatoes originating in South America but being present in polynesia and SEA prior to columbus.

So this would boot Columbus off the podium in people who discovered America.

  1. Bering strait people / native American ancestors

  2. Polynesian people

  3. Vikings, Leif Erickson

  4. Columbus

Your point is valid, but less funny and will therefore be ignored

(Thank you for fact checking)

[โ€“] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

[โ€“] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they came from Asia to the Caribbean via the Pacific, how did they traverse North America? If they came via the Atlantic, how did they traverse Europe, the Mediterranean, or Africa?

[โ€“] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

They were carried by knights who didn't have horses.

[โ€“] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Coconuts were introduced to the Caribbean region by humans. They didnโ€™t just float there.