[Grand Old Partisan]

Ancient man probably made it to the Americas by boat -- skirting the coast in search of seals and seafood -- not a trans-oceanic voyage. Just five miles a years would get people to Alaska and points south in practically no time. Such a feat would have been nothing to that the aboriginies, who made it to Australia by boat 60,000 years ago, when the narrowest gap betwen islands would have been 60 miles.

[ruoflaw]

60,000 years ago?

[blam]

"Such a feat would have been nothing to that the aboriginies, who made it to Australia by boat 60,000 years ago, when the narrowest gap betwen islands would have been 60 miles."

How about Mungo Man, 68,000 years old modern human in Australia with DNA that does not relate to any humans alive today. Hmmmm

[blam]

Then there's 13,000 year old Arlington Springs Woman in California.

[cake_crumb]

"Ancient man probably made it to the Americas by boat -- skirting the coast in search of seals and seafood -- not a trans-oceanic voyage. Just five miles a years would get people to Alaska and points south in practically no time. Such a feat would have been nothing to that the aboriginies, who made it to Australia by boat 60,000 years ago, when the narrowest gap betwen islands would have been 60 miles"

That's the theory I've always subscribed to as the most likely. Of course, don't forget that the "10,000 year" limit was also vigorously applied to Aborigines until recently.