And another one a few years ago.
Posted on 04/23/2012 9:44:02 PM PDT by Theoria
Cool dude, ainu, kennewick, good stuff.
And another one a few years ago.
ED
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Shouldn’t he go from Japan to Kennewick to prove his theory?
The kid who found Kennewick Man took the skull home on the back of his motorcycle. Brought it back later and notified the police. Clinton destroyed the site by burying it under 150 tons of rock saying he was “preserving” it for future study. Indians wanted him to do it so their claim of being here first couldn’t be disputed.
Awesome, I have a view of the McNary dam on the Columbia from my window. Keep up the research! Let us us know what you find.
Sure. I think it comes down to simple logistics, ie his kayak is from canada and most of his gear from the washington area.
Someone tell the Japanese guy he can order all his gear on E-Bay, have it shipped to Japan and then do his journey in the correct direction.
He may not have traveled by canoe, at least that far.
Back then the sea levels were a lot lower, leaving more land. It’s not inconceivable that his trip was no more than a couple hundred kilometres. It’s possible that the more eastern point of Asia was within sight of the most western point of Alaska.
If Sarah Palin lived back then, she really would have seen Russia from her back door. :)
He will be fighting the Japanese Current which brings cold water to the West Coast.
Subtle humor in the story: The nuclear legacy shared by the Tri-Cities and Japan is the plutonium for “Fat Man” (Nagasaki bomb) was made here.
I would be surprised if he makes it through the first winter. Except, where he’s going, winter is always at the door.
Do you think he will use the fish ladder or go for it and go over the top with all the water they are spilling to flush little salmon downstream?
For those out of the area, the 13 dams on the Columbia dump about 1/3 of the annual flow over the spillways each year instead of making electricity with it on the theory that it helps little salmon get to the ocean. It does kill adult fish in the river by increasing the dissolved nitrogen in the water and the fish get bubbles under their skin that rupture and infection sets in.
State law says hydropower in not renewable so our hills are littered with turbines to meet the mandate of 20% renewable power sometime in the future.
I don’t understand why he isn’t going from west to east with the Japan/Humboldt current. And why isn’t he making a right at the Kamchatka Peninsula and just following the Aleutian archipelago?
All they need to due is a DNA test which has been done . The Russian tribes don’t want to give up the power and perks.
The reason that there was only one Kennewick Man is that he forgot to bring Kennewick Woman with him.
Kennewick could have walked/sledded the entire trip on the sea ice.
Peter Freuchen, the Danish explorer, walked across the ice from Greenland to Canada eating seals along the way.
It was hazardous, but Stone Age people could have made the journey.
Why would they go? The Shaman got loaded on mushrooms and told them they had to.
Note, the ocean levels were lower but not that much lower ~ as the last Glacial peak period began ending about 14,000 years ago you had a rather rapid increase in world ocean levels. That slowed during the Younger Dryas, then it took off again reaching roughly the current level about 8500 years ago.
There are variations over time.
A much better bet than kayak for getting from Japan to America is to get a ride on a mass of debris created in a major (once every thousand years) tsunami. Should be able to survive the trip provided there aren't too many folks coming along. Such a tsunami should create plenty of opportunities to hop off along the PAC NW or Central American coastlines.
Ydebris flow from japan tsunami ~ do that look up on Google and you’ll get just all sorts of animations.
My father was a Port Pilot there for a time. And that place is a killer of even big ships.
Ed
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