Where are the artefacts?
Where are the skeletal remains of the supposedly tens of thousands of “Native Americans” done in by the diseases of the “White Man?”
I’m skeptical; but I’m not a denier. So far, physical evidence for the the “Old World Germ” theory is scant, IMHO.
“Where are the skeletal remains of the supposedly tens of thousands of “Native Americans” done in by the diseases of the “White Man?”
One could just as easily ask: Where are the skeletal remains of the millions of deer from the period? They don’t exist any more because most skeletons are eaten, scattered, and destroyed.
Or better yet, what about all of the buffalo skeletons from the Midwest? I can’t see them today.
Perhaps because they were gathered up and destroyed?
You have to remember that innards of skeletons contain bone marrow, a very nutrient-rich and bloody substance. Carnivores LOVE to gnaw away and nibble at that stuff. If a bear or mountain lion found an Indian corpse, it’d probably be feeding on it. There’s also scavengers and other decomposing organisms to think about. This is all without factoring in environmental conditions. Out west, with windy dust storms, there’d be high chances of wind erosion. And hurricanes in the southwest and tornadoes in the Great Plains would displace and mangle heaps of skeletal remains.
Remember, fossilization is actually a pretty rare process. That not a lot of remains have been found isn’t surprising.