Where do Hawaiians and other islander ethnicities (excluding

>>2874920
>historic achievements

Close to zero. Not that they didn't invent lots of interesting things (not least ocean going canoes) but nothing they made was novel or useful by the time they were contacted by outsiders (with the exception of the yo-yo)

>intelligence

Moderately high, like other south east asians.

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>muh boats

>>2874937

I dunno man, they might not have been super advanced, but to be able to travel the distance between some of those island is pretty impressive. Also surf boards

>>2874952

Sure they weren't savages, they practised agriculture and animal husbandry and they had good navigational and seafaring technology, but nothing you would describe as a "contribution to world culture". Surfing I guess, that's one more thing than many cultures contributed.

>>2874963
>good navigational and seafaring technology

nigger they sailed oceans even long before the portuguese existed

>>2874978

So? They did so by setting sail and hoping they bumped into land before they starved to death, brave certainly but not impressive in a technological sense.

>>2874981
Actually they had pretty sophisticated ways of finding land when exploring, it wasnt just luck and hope

>>2874981
>insulting based Polynesian navigation

Nigga you had best back the fuck up before you get smacked the fuck up.

>>2874937
>Moderately high, like other south east asians.

Based on on what fucking metric?

>>2876082
Maoris in New zealend have been known to have an IQ of at least 90.
Their IQ score extrapolated from PISA a few years ago was 100.

>>2874981
T. A fucking moron