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There were no Native American/American Indians as we know them today in North America 8,000 years ago. Prior to 6,000 years ago, there were other people here.

I notice a lot of anthropologists/archaeologists are beginning to call these ancient Americans, paleo-Americans.

1 posted on 07/02/2004 7:44:11 PM PDT by blam

2 posted on 07/02/2004 7:45:23 PM PDT by blam

Should I give a crap for future anthropologists?

3 posted on 07/02/2004 7:47:21 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( aka Gassybrowneyedbum)

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4 posted on 07/02/2004 7:51:18 PM PDT by FairOpinion (If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)

"I notice a lot of anthropologists/archaeologists are beginning to call these ancient Americans, paleo-Americans."

Maybe this will take some of the tar out of those snooty Indians.

5 posted on 07/02/2004 7:57:48 PM PDT by Redcoat LI (You Can Trust Me , I'm Not Like The Others.....)

The Poop on Ancient Man is crusted in their hind fur.

6 posted on 07/02/2004 7:59:06 PM PDT by Petronski (Fairness is fiction.)

"Coprolites are fantastic sources of DNA. It turns out that with bones and poop from the same cave, the poops outdo the bones in terms of DNA yields by up to 10-fold," he says.

The only problem is you end up with crappy DNA samples.

9 posted on 07/02/2004 8:26:20 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)

The snips of genetic material are from a native American...

Doesn't federal law require that the poop be given back to the Native Americans?

11 posted on 07/02/2004 8:55:48 PM PDT by ScuzzyTerminator

"It's one of the biggest crap deposits known,"

Imagine what they will say about Wash DC in the future...lol.

12 posted on 07/02/2004 9:01:58 PM PDT by Khurkris (Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past, It whispers no this will be the last)

Some years ago an anthropologist reconstruction an ancient Native American's diet by analyzing coprolites. Being a good "participatory" scientist instead of just a theoretician, he then proceeded to eat that diet himself for a time -- fish, cactus pads, etc. As I recall, he said, "I lost 20 lbs and never felt better in my life."

17 posted on 07/02/2004 9:25:57 PM PDT by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)

24 posted on 07/02/2004 9:54:25 PM PDT by dixie sass ( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)

Coprolites are nothing new (pun pun) - they've been studied for years.

38 posted on 07/03/2004 8:55:52 AM PDT by solitas (WP,WW)

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