New Zealand waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah dhulkii ugu dambeeyay ee ay dadku degaan. Taariikhda Radiocarbon, caddeynta jarista kaymaha iyo isbeddelka mitochondrial DNA ee dadka Māori waxay soo jeedinayaan in New Zealand markii ugu horreysay ay degeen reer Polynesia bari intii u dhaxeysay 1250 iyo 1300, iyagoo soo gabagabeeyay taxane dheer oo safarro ah oo ay ku mareen jasiiradaha koonfurta Baasifigga.
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