Posted on 07/04/2005 9:59:36 PM PDT by freedom44
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Congressman Billybob
That does indeed appear to be the case. Scientists should welcome new data, but unfortunately many have emotional/financial attachments to old ideas.
pre-clovis ping!
Six feet, eh? Kinda argues against the fact that evolution is making us grow taller.
Well, except that we range to upwards of seven feet nowadays..
Average height is still around 6 feet. It is somewhat more than it was a hundred years ago, but that can easily be put down to a changing diet. The 7 foot is still highly unusual. In fact, anything above about 6'3'' is unusual.
The average height of these people, in case you didn't read properly, appears to be around 5 feet, which is where it should be.
That's gonna leave a mark I'm afraid. Liable to bunch up some underwear too.
Any idea, is this the oldest evidence now?
I seem to recall that sites on the eastern seaboard are this age or older, but there hasn't been definite confirmed carbon dating..
If early man reached america, say, 50K years ago across the atlantic, then he could very well have spread down the coast to Mexico/Central America, etc..
Not ruling out the Japan-Taiwan-Polynesian hypothesis in the article, just think either, or both is possible..
Human left footprint showing toe impressions and slight heel impression.
Footprints preserved in volcanic ash.
The footprints were made shortly after the deposition of the Xalnene ash and were preserved as trace fossils by the relatively fast deposition of fine-grained lake-sediment as the lake later transgressed across the site.
Rock shelter overlooking Valsequillo basin. Several early Holocene human skeletons were buried in the rock shelter.
Palaeoenvironment of the Valsaquillo Basin, Mexico - University of Nottingham
This will change the entire assumed history of the casino industry.
So who were they, and what happened to them? If they really are 40K years old then genetic and other data indicates that they are not the ancestors of today's American Indians. Instead, they must have been from an ealier group that went extinct.
Oddly enough, the footprints were headed north.
There is some disputed (of course) evidence in a cave in South America at 50-55,000 years old. It may not be so disputed after this find. Dilahey(sp) is arguring for a 30,000 date at or around the Monte Verde site.
similar, but younger threads:
Mexico offers up ancient footprints (40,000 year old footprints)
Guardian (U.K.) | Tuesday July 5, 2005 | Maev Kennedy
Posted on 07/04/2005 11:15:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1436677/posts
40,000-year-old footprint of first Americans
The Telegraph (U.K.) | 5-07-2005 | Roger Highfield
Posted on 07/05/2005 3:38:09 AM PDT by Renfielhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1436721/posts
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