Were ancient Hawaiians tall?
Were ancient Hawaiians tall? Historical writings describe Hawaiians as “tall, shapely, and muscular.” The average height of the men was thought to be five feet ten inches, with some as tall as six feet seven inches. If Hawaiians were a nutritionally malnourished people, historians would not have reported such favorable characteristics.
What percentage of Hawaiians are 100% Hawaiian?
But the real population story is about Native Hawaiians, those who are descended from the original people of Hawaii and who today make up 6% of the islands' population, or 21% if you include those who are part-Hawaiian.
What DNA do Hawaiians have?
Native Hawaiians, who self-reported full Native Hawaiian heritage, demonstrated 78% Native Hawaiian, 11.5% European, and 7.8% Asian ancestry with 99% belonging to the B4 mitochondrial haplogroup.