Footprints And Fire Found From 20,000 Years Ago (Tibet)

Nature ^ | 3-27-2002 | Philip Ball

[blam]

Humans are/were everywhere

[blam]

FYI.

[glock rocks]

cool, blam. this should set a few migration theories on end. i think
we will eventually find south america has a much richer human history, as well.

[farmfriend]

Cool, how about a bump.

[Redcloak]

Hmmm... They were cutting down trees, burning them, and polluting the atmosphere; musta been Republicans!

[EggsAckley]

They HAD to be Republicans; they killed animals,
ate the meat, AND wore the fur!

[snowfox]

Wow, they found a fire from 20,000 years ago? Did they put it out? :)

[RightWhale]

The interior of Alaska was also ice-free during the last Ice Age.

[blam]

" i think we will eventually find south america has a much richer human history, as well."

I agree. South America will eventually cause everything we think we now know to be thrown out the door.

[blam]

"The interior of Alaska was also ice-free during the last Ice Age."

Yup. There's a 30k year old human site there somewhere. The name slips my memory presently.

[RightWhale]

There's a 30k year old human site there somewhere

There is an atmospheric phenomenon we call loess here in interior Alaska. It is fine airborne silt that forms surprisingly quick deposits on everything even when there is no wind. The same day you wash your car, you will find a layer of gritty dust on it, hard stuff that can scratch paint and glass. In the course of a few years loess covers everything. Something from 30,000 years ago would be buried, but some sites can be found simply by looking at the terrain and thinking --this would be a good site for a hunting camp or hunting lookout post. Then dig. Who knows, you might find a tooth and then you can get your doctorate.

[Graewoulf]

Thanks for this article.

[blam]

"Something from 30,000 years ago would be buried"

I think it was a cave. I'll alert you when I come across it (the article) again.

[andysandmikesmom]

Thanks for the article...I have always been fascinated by Tibet and love to read anything about it...I always wanted to visit there, but, I have not gotten there, nor do I expect to...

However my son spent 2 months in Tibet just about a year ago exactly...he found it absolutely beautiful there and the Tibetan people to be the friendliest hes every met...the drawback to visiting Tibet today, tho, is the constant presence of the Chinese military and Chinese police...

[blam]

Alaska Archaeological Sites But, not the one I mentioned, hmmmm.

[nicotinefiend]

bump

[uglybiker]

They HAD to be Republicans; they killed animals,
ate the meat, AND wore the fur!

And probably sat around the campfire telling stories of the great hunter Ronald Reaganstone.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 3/27/2002, thanks blam.

[blam]

You're welcome.

20 years ago.

[SunkenCiv]

Twenty years plus 15 days!