Skulls show New World was settled twice: study

Two distinct groups from Asia settled in the New World and not one single migration as suggested by previous genetic studies, experts said Monday after comparing the skulls of early Americans.

Paleoanthropologists from Brazil, Chile and Germany compared the skulls of several dozen Paleoamericans, dating back to the early days of migration 11,000 years ago, with the more recent remains of more than 300 Amerindians.

"We found that the differences between Early and Late Native American groups match the predictions of a two-migration scenario far better than they do those of any other hypothesis," they said.

"In other words, these differences are so large that it is highly improbable that the earliest inhabitants of the New World were the direct ancestors of recent Native American populations."

Their landmark research found differences in the cranial morphology that could only be explained by the fact that the last common ancestor of the Early and Late Native American groups came from outside the continent.

The experts agreed the differences were best explained by a scenario in which a first wave of settlers came across the Bering Strait from Northeast Asia followed by a second group from East Asia much later via the same route.

"We conclude that the morphological diversity documented through time in the New World is best accounted for by a model postulating two waves of human expansion into the continent originating in East Asia and entering through Beringia," they said.

"This disparity between our results and those of most genetic studies points to a large gap in our understanding of the peopling of the New World."

“And had you bothered to read the article you would notice a few GLARING difference from mormon fiction - the ‘first’ migration NEVER killed themselves off (woops, so much for the jaredite theory). Second, neither group is genetically linked to Jews from palestine. And third - they entered via the land bridge between alaska and siberia - not on boats with holes drilled in the bottom or other non-existent boats. Read closer, you may learn something real.”

Considering how much of south america, especially, is pretty much unexplored, and only just being explored, there is no telling what will be found.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2535575/posts

Lots of strange stuff showing up there right now, for example.

Considering that only in the past few decades have Jewish remnants been found in Africa, I wouldn't bet on anything you've said here to be demonstrably correct.

How much of the north and south american coastlines are currently identical to what they were 13,000 years ago?

How many sites from that time are still above water?

What makes you think boats are impossible? Heck, most of my ancestors, and all of the ones I know anything about came over on boats. Why couldn't some of the others have done so.

Maybe you should follow your own advice?

If you chose to respond, please be patient as I am leaving to camp the next several days and may not get a reply to you before Monday.

You do not sound like you are familiar with the book of mormon, nor its alleged history of the new world it claims to record.

From square 1, it and its founder and prophet, joseph smith, claimed that the native americans were direct descendants of a small group of jews that supposedly arrived here about 400 BC. The group that arrived before them - the jaredites - had killed themselves off to the last man in a genocidal civil war. These people were also supposedly from the middle east too.

So according to the book of mormon and its prophets, all of the indians are descendants of this group who arrived 400 BC - significantly more recent than the 11000 years from this article. Beginning to see a difference yet?

Current studies in genetics show that the ones who settled here and eventually became today’s native americans were primarly from mongoloid stock - not Semitic. there are no Lemba tribe equivalents here in the new world. FYI -

https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

Also, neither the Nat’l Geo Society or the Smithsonian Inst recognize the ‘history’ contained in the bom - it is considered fiction.

********What makes you think boats are impossible?***********

The boats I am referring to had large holes drilled into the bottoms. How well do boats float when they have holes in them? Pause and think about it.

**********Maybe you should follow your own advice?************

My advice is sound and I have read the materials very closely.

Ether 2:20 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood.

FRiend, I think you must have missed the part I have italicized above. Also, you say "current studies" and seem to think that everything there is to know is already known. My point is that we know very little, and much of what we think we know is wrong. It's been that way for quite a while, now. In the mean time, have a good trip, and we'll talk more when you get back. OS

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