Thor Heyerdahl
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, December 25, 2014 (part of Winter 2015)
category: 
Science
clue: This anthropologist had to go to the ends of the Earth -- from one, to another -- to prove his theories.
explanation: Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947 proved that ancient people from South America could migrate across the ocean to Polynesia. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Erik Bates
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