According to the first article that popped up in the search results the most likely theory is portugese traders brought them over from madagascar.
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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
35 million years of coconuts in Asia and they don’t float over until after traders established shipping routes to Asia?
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Climate change confirmed.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yes, but for human related reasons. Humans moved them around a lot in Africa and Asia - moving them from Southeast Asia to India and Madagascar is bound to have an impact on the currents they get caught up in.
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
are you proposing some kind of Columbus effect where people heading to India will occasionally end up in Taino land by accident
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
So thanks to humans more coconuts went for a swim?