Not sure if the Ainu migration reached Meadowcroft or not. That would mean at least two migrations for that group. The Pacific coast Early Coastal Migration is probably related to the Ainu, some 13-15,000 years ago or more. That would account for Kennewick Man and Santa Rosa Woman, as well as early South American finds. But Meadowcroft is a long way from the Pacific Ocean where watercraft would have been the most convenient, and quickest mode of travel.
Yes. I have Eden In The East and Out Of Eden, both excellent books.
"Not sure if the Ainu migration reached Meadowcroft or not. That would mean at least two migrations for that group. The Pacific coast Early Coastal Migration is probably related to the Ainu, some 13-15,000 years ago or more. That would account for Kennewick Man and Santa Rosa Woman, as well as early South American finds. But Meadowcroft is a long way from the Pacific Ocean where watercraft would have been the most convenient, and quickest mode of travel."
I agree, the Meadowcroft group is questionable but, Oppenheimer shows them as 'refugees' there in the northeast. I've read that the oldest Mongoloid skeleton ever found in the Americas is only 6,000 years old. I'm thinking that must be true because all the oldest skeletons discovered are of the 'Ainu-type'.
Oppenheimer says that the Ametican-Indians with the highest % of the 'X-gene' are the Indian group objawia(sp) in the northeast.(May be from the early refugee group?)
The 'X-gene' connection between Europe and the Americas was broken with the Toba explosion. A lot of people mistake the 'X-gene' found in the American-Indians and Europeans as evidence for the early arrival of Europeans into the Americas.
We've communicated with the guy who did the DNA analysis on this group and he said that the original DNA was contaminated with modern DNA. Don't know what is going on with this group presently.