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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 07/05/2005 : 12:17:46
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http://www.mexicanfootprints.co.uk/
Brit reasearchers find 40k year old footprints in Mexico
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2005 : 12:47:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
http://www.mexicanfootprints.co.uk/
Brit reasearchers find 40k year old footprints in Mexico
The right footprint looks like it might have a trilobite in it! Does Mr. Hovind know about this?
I am of the opinion, and it's only an opinion, that the continant was populated in more than one way by far more than one group of people. Why not by sea as well as the Bering land bridge?
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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2005 : 13:17:53 [Permalink]
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There was an interesting show about this very topic on PBS recently, which made a compelling case that, with the seas being lower [and a shorter distance across], with icebergs to rest upon, and with the similarity of Soulutrian and Clovis points, and the amount of time between them, - oh and blood antigens that appear only in some Native Americans and some Europeans [and genetic drift data that indicates that this wasn't from mixing that occurred in the last 300-400 years]- that it's possible for at least some of the Native American populations have some European ancestry.
In addition, with the seas being higher now, and the fact that, even with today's transportation and technology, most of the earth's population still prefers to live near the water, it's likely that evidence that would tell much more of the story of hominid and human mobilization around the planet is under water. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 07/05/2005 : 13:27:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by trishran
There was an interesting show about this very topic on PBS recently, which made a compelling case that, with the seas being lower [and a shorter distance across], with icebergs to rest upon, and with the similarity of Soulutrian and Clovis points, and the amount of time between them, - oh and blood antigens that appear only in some Native Americans and some Europeans [and genetic drift data that indicates that this wasn't from mixing that occurred in the last 300-400 years]- that it's possible for at least some of the Native American populations have some European ancestry.
In addition, with the seas being higher now, and the fact that, even with today's transportation and technology, most of the earth's population still prefers to live near the water, it's likely that evidence that would tell much more of the story of hominid and human mobilization around the planet is under water.
There is also the thought that provisions would be easier to get from the sea; seals, whales, fish, shellfish, and so forth. I've little doubt that at least some of our species exploited the seas throughout our existance. It's too rich a resource to pass up.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2005 : 13:30:30 [Permalink]
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There is also the thought that provisions would be easier to get from the sea; seals, whales, fish, shellfish, and so forth. I've little doubt that at least some of our species exploited the seas throughout our existance. It's too rich a resource to pass up.
Yeah, except for those of us with iodine/seafood allergies... |
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