Posted on 05/23/2006 4:30:48 PM PDT by blam
Hominids include neanderthals, homo erectus and the like.
:') PreColumbian Central America (including Mexico) shows population peaks three or four times (or more) estimated to exceed those of the postcolumbian era until the 20th century -- followed by collapse. Could be due to the climate cycle (which wouldn't be that surprising), but it could also be an indirect consequence of that same cycle -- IOW, introduction of disease germs from the Mediterranean basin.
A regional catastrophe.
Historical Review: Megadrought And Megadeath In 16th Century Mexico (Hemorraghic Fever)
The oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas is about 13,000 years old, Arlington Springs Woman, found on an island off the coast of California. There are disputed claims of 40,000 year old fossilized human footprints found in Mexico
There don't seem to be any hominid remains in the Americas. Any idea as to why?Just finding PreColumbian human remains is unusual, perhaps due to soil acidity, or because of the methods used (excarnation for example) by the survivors aren't conducive to preservation.
As clarified by a subsequent post: "Hominids include neanderthals, homo erectus and the like."
The reason is they didn't make the trip. They were too early for the various means by which folks got here.
Folks have looked, but no luck. I know somebody who scoured the nether reaches of a very major university basement feeling brow ridges, looking for this very thing. Not there.
Excellent article. Thanks for the ping. Anyone coming here from Europe would have done better to sail south first, and let the trade winds bring them across. The North Atlantic is a tough passage from Europe against the prevailing wind.
Perhaps early hominids have not been found (in any quantity) for the same reason pre-clovis material was not found, nobody looked, or were afraid of ridicule. About 15 years ago I was talking with a woman archeologis/anthropologist (?)about ancient remains in the US. She told me of a find in California that might be 300,000 or 350,000 years old. I don't know if it was the same as the 200,000 site mentioned.
An interesting detail about the Chilean site struck me. They mentioned that there was a hut set apart, with medicinal herbs that were analgesic or mildly hallucinogenic. Might this have been an isolation hut for menstruating women and/or childbirth, with painkilling medicine provided? Early Midol?
Rumor has it that the scourge of lawnowners everywhere was first brought by the Europeans as a food crop.
The Dandelion.
Egpytians mummies containing traces of cocaine and caffeine, it's like a kick in the nuts of established Egyptology.
I saw a doc on it, and the lady scientist who discovered it got a lot of angry letters from fellow archeologists calling her anything from a fraud to just plain stupid.
Even though the findings where verified by at least three other laboratories.
:') Yeah, it was pretty heinous.
I have not heard about this; the only thing in the 300,000 range or even close is Calico, and that is still much disputed.
Do you have a name or any other details?
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Okay, okay...So, I'm a few years late:
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