Ancient American Skeleton Has European DNA Link

ABC News.com ^ | 11-27-2000

[Coyoteman]

I'm still having problems with the correct spelling of haplotype/group.

And yesterday I couldn't spell arkenologist, today I are one?

[muawiyah]

Could be ~ I think a careful examination of the deer stones in Brown County is in order.

They've been modified by the addition of cement collars however.

These would be the ONLY Old World pre-Columbian artifacts in the New World to which we can assign a precise date and point of origin (at least for the builders).

[Wonder Warthog]

"...does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?"

Any of'em that were born here ARE "native Americans", just like thee and me.

[Swanks]

“Frankly, it makes me nervous,” Smithsonian Institution anthropologist Stephen Loring said of the idea that the first Americans during the Ice Age were of European ancestry. “It’s a heretical argument, and some people, unfortunately, will use it to assert the cultural superiority of Europeans.

Oh, Geez, has this guy figured out how to capitalize on saying the politically correct thing. Must be looking for a promotion.

[LibWhacker]

Hahahaha... YOU are the illegal alien, cholo.

[blam]

"I think a careful examination of the deer stones in Brown County is in order. "

I did a google search and found zero mention of Deer Stones in Brown County, Indiana. Do you have any links, references?

[Kewlhand`tek]

did they find an ancient can of bondo and a camaro on blocks?

[Joe 6-pack]

ROTFLMAO...I'm looking into reparations.

[359Henrie]

Bring your reparation down to the lucky 21 table, drinks on the house.

[Ditto]

If the Indians were not the first people here, does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?

IMHO, if you are born here and accept the Pledge of Allegiance (with or without God in it), you ARE a Native American. That's the end of the story and exactly what I taught my kids. They are not hyphenated anything. They are Native Americans and it does not matter a damn which stone age DNA got here first. That stuff is all nonsense which ever way people want to spin it.

[southland]

ping

[Joe 6-pack]

You take FEMA cards, right?

[Secret Agent Man]

I had read a story several years ago that had the same facts in it - that the 'native americans' came across from european stocks (at least some of them).

[359Henrie]

We also have a cat house for your dogs.

[Joe 6-pack]

Last time I took my dogs to a cat house, I ended up in the dog house.

[359Henrie]

Hey, what happens at the cat house, stays at the cat house.

[From many - one.]

self ping

[Joe 6-pack]

"Hey, what happens at the cat house, stays at the cat house."

Damn DNA evidence....

[blam]

"Last time I took my dogs to a cat house, I ended up in the dog house."

Best laugh of the day. Thanks.

[Coyoteman]

They are Native Americans and it does not matter a damn which stone age DNA got here first. That stuff is all nonsense which ever way people want to spin it.

I agree on the native Americans part.

But, I have been trying to figure out what prehistoric peoples did in the western US, and when they did it, for 35 years, and I don't see that as nonsense.

mtDNA studies are rewriting the book on who did what to whom, where, and when. It is a fascinating study, and the results are just starting to come in.

Now, various folks may be putting a spin on things, but my goal is to figure out what really happened. If we can document what happened, the spin is useless.

The actual picture of the populating of North America is looking pretty complex, with the folks trudging through Beringia and Canada at the end of the last Ice Age may have come in third!

But stay tuned, the game's still afoot!