How Did People Reach the Americas?

US News ^ | July 24, 2008 | Andrew Curry

[SunkenCiv]

Sure, but that was just a few times, and in the 20th century. ;’)

[wolfcreek]

“literally no one is looking.”

Hmmm? Wonder why?

Could be some kinds of bias or resistance from certain religions or other institutions?

[mad_as_he$$]

There was a show on I think the Science channel last week about this very subject and that was the conclusion. The nomads stayed close to the food along the edge of the ice and followed it. Twist is that there is some proof that the same thing happened from Europe also and DNA studies will prove or disprove that. BTW the world wide MDNA study is concluding and very close to done. The word in the world of DNA scientists is that it will turn many old theories on their ear. We shall see.

[SunkenCiv]

DNA studies can tell only which genes exist now, and that only in the sampled people. It doesn’t give geographic origins, or even much in the way of ancestry.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, from the Church of Clovis-First-and-Only.

[mad_as_he$$]

You are correct about what genes exist now and there is some discussion about the “first” Americans suffering a mass extinction of some kind. However, MDNA studies have proven very useful when tracing migration of the current gene pool. Along with bone analysis as correlation there is a strong pattern of migration developing. I suspect that we will find that there were three or even four distinct migrations in ancient times to the Americas.

[SunkenCiv]

These studies don’t do anything but prop up existing views. One DNA sequence that was found common among sampled folks with PreColumbian American ancestry was found in just one sampled person in Asia. The conclusion drawn? That that one person in Asia carried a DNA sequence that had otherwise died out in Asia, but had been carried into the Americas by someone in the small, Beringia-walker population; obviously, A) this should show that reliance on DNA doesn’t make sense, because the arguments are constructed to justify the results (the DNA sequence isn’t found there in great numbers now, therefore it must always have been uncommon, or died out for mysterious reasons, or just hasn’t been found because so few folks have been sampled worldwide), and B) that the Bering migration route didn’t have a one-way sign, or a limited time frame.

[mad_as_he$$]

The most recent studies I have seen (last week) indicate just the opposite. The DNA corresponds to people who do not look anything like what we think of as Native Americans.

Latest stuff:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/07/0731_wireearlyamericans.html

[SunkenCiv]

no such legacy file error, so:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b938cda48c8.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1985250/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1778364/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/767901/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670296/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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[mad_as_he$$]

humm sorry. NatGEO had alot of the most current articles and papers.

[SunkenCiv]

? Heh... if it’s ever appeared anywhere, it’s probably on FR. :’)

[wolfcreek]

“Yes, from the Church of Clovis-First-and-Only.”

Those folks need to wake up with a 50,000 year old corpse in the bed.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]