[airedale]

Hans Conried is absolutely wonderful as the radio announcer.

There might be some stuff the Spanish didn't burn. Heck some of the languages are still unknown. Also all the tribes/people in North, Central and South America who used material to write on that deteriorated over time is missing as well. There may be something explaining something different. I don't know.

I do remember that they don't know why the toys (if they were toys) had wheels, but that's the extent of it. The last abstract I posted just the link to is probably the best explanation of the development of the wheel and why it wasn't developed in the New World.

[RightWhale]

Have heard that name. Anyway, the book is not closed. SunkenCiv and Blam are doing yoeman work pulling these archy threads together; it is amazing what story is developing of times back into the Ice Age even though some chapters will probably always remain missing. Lake Titicaca is still a huge mystery; they ought to drain it temporarily.