Choose the two sentences that explain what Thor Heyerdahl was hoping to prove on a voyage to Polynesia.
Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian explorer and a man who liked adventures. He had a theory that ancient people from South America had once sailed way across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia. Such voyages would explain a very curious fact: plants such as the sweet potato and the bottle gourd have grown in Polynesia since prehistoric times but are native to the Americas. The experts told Heyerdahl he was crazy. But Heyerdahl was stubborn.
The two sentences that explain what Thor Heyerdahl was hoping to prove on his voyage to Polynesia are:
1. He had a theory that ancient people from South America had once sailed way across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia.
2. Such voyages would explain a very curious fact: plants such as the sweet potato and the bottle gourd have grown in Polynesia since prehistoric times but are native to the Americas.
Explanation: Heyerdahl aimed to demonstrate that the movement of people and plants from South America to Polynesia was possible, challenging the prevailing belief that Polynesia was only populated from the West. His theory was based on the presence of native South American plants in Polynesia.