Posted on 02/20/2006 12:01:38 AM PST by minus_273
ST. LOUIS - The first humans to spread across North America may have been seal hunters from France and Spain.
This runs counter to the long-held belief that the first human entry into the Americas was a crossing of a land-ice bridge that spanned the Bering Strait about 13,500 years ago.
The new thinking was outlined here Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Recent studies have suggested that the glaciers that helped form the bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska began receding around 17,000 to 13,000 years ago, leaving very little chance that people walked from one continent to the other.
Also, when archaeologist Dennis Stanford of the Smithsonian Institution places American spearheads, called Clovis points, side-by-side with Siberian points, he sees a divergence of many characteristics.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Some new information on the Early Coastal Migration theory at this link.
This would place the migration from SE Asia much earlier than 7000 years. Stay tuned.
10,000 years to early, and not in the same area.
"10,000 years to early, and not in the same area."
Maybe this estimate is off...
And besides -- wasn't the entire earth affected by the Flood?
It's Bush's fault again.
The world as known to those living on Black Lake 7,000 years ago.
Why?
I thought the prevailing "wisdom" of much of the world, i.e., liberalism and Islam, is to believe whatever you want to, and facts and evidence to the contrary be damned.
It's been a long time since I've even considered this late date.
Right. I cc'd you because I know you are interested and I had not seen you on the thread yet. Didn't yet realize it was a duplicate post.
Mr. Churchill, is that you???
The first Americans would have come from Africa.
"We have nothing to fear from beer itsself"... OK?
related topic:
Early Humans Followed Coast
BBC | 10-7-2006 | Paul Ricon
Posted on 10/07/2006 1:14:08 PM EDT by blam
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The first Americans came from everywhere. Everybody in the world was represented one time or another. The very first ones may never be known. Although every group was represented, most left no trace since they didn't thrive for long.
Close the borders now!!
No. You can't open a Casino on the bloodline of a Theory.
Why suck off the Indians? White people have their own Casinos all over the place. Ever heard of Las Vegas or Atlantic City?
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