04-29-2017, 07:19 AM
Respectfully Rob, the mountaintop of Mauna a Wakea was never inhabited by anyone before the astronomers arrived in the last handful of decades, post colonization, or ever. It was and always has been Kapu. Even Ali'i visited the hallowed grounds. The only residents were the dead and dying.
The genetic material that makes up the soil on the top of the "Mountain of God" should be protected if nothing else as part of Hawaiian cultural heritage, from a scientific point of view.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/scien...-dirt.html
The genetic material that makes up the soil on the top of the "Mountain of God" should be protected if nothing else as part of Hawaiian cultural heritage, from a scientific point of view.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/scien...-dirt.html