[blam]

When Humboldt rounded the tip of South America he said that he encountered two different people. One was short, stocky and wore few clothes and made their living from the sea. The other was tall, lanky, wore animal skins and made their living off the land.

I add this because he said the short people tied their boats off shore in the kelp fields and swam ashore. The shore lines were to jagged and rough to dock boats.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[muawiyah]

In the East Canadians followed the Kelp Highway to create their nation. This historic pathway starts in Newfoundland. From there they munched their way through perfectly edible Doultz down to Nova Scotia, to Prince Edward island, and on into Lower and Upper Canada, stopping finally at Lake Superior which has no kelp at all.

Today's modern Canadian is an example of what a diet rich in kelp can do to you.

[TXnMA]

[Humboldt] said the short people tied their boats off shore in the kelp fields and swam ashore.

Blam, that is quite interesting! Do you happen to have a reference -- or should I go a-Googling...?

BTW, it's been a while since I thanked you for all your history and prehistory posts -- so Thank You!!!

[onedoug]

I think too that it's always been a human attribute to wonder what lies just over the horizon.
...And then the horizon from there....

[alloysteel]

Why does everybody automatically assume the ONLY route to North and South America was by some coastal route that followed the Bering Strait when it was a land bridge? Genotypes include individuals that were clearly similar to Polynesian islanders, and share some of the distinctive genetic makeup. Others look much like Northern Europeans, which brings up the possibility that Leif Ericsson was NOT the first to reach the banks of Nova Scotia. The Ojibway people are quite unlike their neighbors, the Dakotah, and spoke a very different language.

There is no "typical" Indian appearance. Eastern woodlands Indians were very unlike western Plains Indians, and the Mississippian culture had little in common with that of the Northwest in Washington State or British Columbia.

[StatenIsland]

ping

[Cold Heart]

I'd like to know which land animals eat kelp.
My horse won't touch the stuff.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, at least it wasn't a "Hershey Highway".

Cradle of Chocolate?
by Roger Segelken
Oct. 8, 1998

Digging through history to a time before agriculture, archaeologists from Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley have found evidence of a village that was continuously occupied from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1000 as well as hints to the secret of the community's remarkable longevity.

"My guess is, it all comes down to chocolate," says John S. Henderson, professor of anthropology at Cornell and co-director, together with Rosemary Joyce of Berkeley, of the archaeological dig at Puerto Escondido, Honduras. The type of ceremonial pottery uncovered by the archaeologists points to that region of Mesoamerica as a possible "Cradle of Chocolate."

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[Dustbunny]

Sounds very feasible.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Ancient People Followed 'Kelp Highway' To America

How did they remain motivated enough to continue? Did they see weed?

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high...

[SuziQ]

Sounds like they were simply following the food. If they were not agricultural peoples, they'd have to get their food from hunting or fishing. These folks were near to water, so fishing or hunting maritime creatures makes perfect sense.

[shuckmaster]

Thanks for providing another piece of the aquatic ape puzzle. Here's a good article posted on the 18th:

There's something fishy about human brain evolution

[Dad yer funny]

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[nickcarraway]

They never could have done this if the kelp highway had a toll.