Posted on 12/03/2002 10:09:59 AM PST by CobaltBlue
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:01:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The oldest skull up to now, believed to be that of "Buhl Woman," was found in 1989 at a gravel quarry in Idaho. Scientists said it dates back from 10,500 to 11,000 years. But researchers scarcely studied those bones before the Shoshone-Bannock tribe claimed and reburried them.
I can sympathize with our Amerindian / aboriginal citizens over their past mistreatments, but this is an area where a badly written law has blocked scientific progress. Any competent anthropologist can tell you that the odds of any tribe remaining in the same place for 10k years is miniscule. To be able to claim and control ancestral remains from several hundred years back is one thing, to do so for such above as well as the Kenewick Man pushes the envelope beyond logic.
Barbra Streisand?
Well of course! I am surprised that someone admitted the truth about the biggest lie in north american anthropology and it just goes to show you how politicized the scientific community has become. Its why any remains are immediately re-buried or cremated so that any anthropoligical evidence that points to anything other than indians being of victimhood class.
Emboldened by her finding, Gonzalez will try to prove her theory that the bones of the Peñon Woman belong not to Native Americans, but to descendants of the Ainu people of Japan.
Never mind....
I think that all you can say about the modern Ainu is that they have more Caucasian characteristics than non-Ainu Japanese who are closer to the Koreans in genetic ancestry.
A more intriguing thought is the steppe mummies found in western China who have no visible oriental features and blonde hair. It brings to question what are the races except for semi-convenient terms of recent ancestry. Since there is no fertility problems, using the word 'race' for such is really a mis-use of the word except that there is no other working term for the results of the 'expression' of dominant genetic characteristics.
The irony for such racial purists as the Nazis and such is that the Arayan[sp?] profile of blue eyes and blonde hair is recessive in almost any hybridization. In other words, it appears that they are the weaker genes.
Nah, she only shows up when she can harrang Ari. I heard and saw her ugly puss within the past several days doing just that on Fox News. The desire to reach through the TV Screen to whack her one is almost irresistable! Yank her press pass already.
Cause I'm dead.
Huh? When I went to bed lat night she was white. :)
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