Stone-age Europeans 'were the first to set foot on North America'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | February 28 2012 | Matthew Day

[Para-Ord.45]

In a discovery that could rewrite the history of the Americas, archaeologists have found a number of stone tools dating back between 19,000 and 26,000 years, and bearing remarkable similarities to those made in Europe.

All of the ancient implements were discovered along the north-east coast of the USA.

Adding to the weight of evidence is fresh analysis of stone knife unearthed in the US in 1971 that revealed it was made of French flint.

[SkyDancer]

Mormons?

[stop_fascism]

If you need a government load to stay in business, you shouldn’t be in business.

[ansel12]

So it turns out that he WAS the real thing after all.

[skeeter]

Yep. The US really was settled by stone aged Sicilians.

[Theoria]

Great book. Worth a read.

[muir_redwoods]

Any chance the stone tools were part of the ballast loads european sailing ship used to dump here before taking on cargo in the 17th and 18th century?

[stop_fascism]

Oops, wrong thread. Don’t know how that happened.

[EyeGuy]

Does this mean I can open my own Casino in my backyard?

Free College Tuition?

Gratis Wisconsin cheese?

[GreyFriar]

H’mmm, cant be correct, doesn’t meet current political qualifications. (sarkasm off)

[DAC21]

“Oops, wrong thread. Don’t know how that happened”

Umm by any chance are you on Statin Drugs?

Speakers on - http://instantrimshot.com/

[TXnMA]

Haven't read the thread, but don't see GGG in the keywords (there are none...)

This is already under discussion on the TX archaeology listservers, so I thought you might like to issue a GGG ping...

[TXnMA]

Haven't read the thread, but don't see GGG in the keywords (there are none...)

This is already under discussion on the TX archaeology listservers, so I thought you might like to issue a GGG ping...

[oneamericanvoice]

And guess who greeted the weary Europeans? That’s right, the people (Indians) who lived here.

Many Indians believe that they were always here. The Tongva know where their “Garden of Eden” or puvungna (sacred site) is.

[Oratam]

I read that book about a dozen years ago. Had me seeing souterrains and passage tombs all over the place . . . oh, and mounds, too.

[Malsua]

So it turns out that he WAS the real thing after all.

Yeah. He sure looks like an Indian...maybe it would be more appropriate to say the Indians look like Sicilians.

[tet68]

Grated Wisconsin Cheese.

[zot]

Stone-age Europeans “in the form of Christopher Columbus” pegged my bullshit meter, and so did “the first to set foot in North America.”

[rlmorel]

Hahahaha! I went to America’s Stonehenge when I was a teenager, and we all thought it was a ripoff!

[roadcat]

And guess who greeted the weary Europeans? That’s right, the people (Indians) who lived here.

Nope. There is lots of evidence that ancient Chinese traveled to the west coast of North America. They intermingled with the ancient Americans (who may have originally been the whites spoken of here). The result being American Indians, who bear a resemblance to Asians. Evidence in ancient Chinese manuscripts up through late 600s A.D.

[aruanan]

Nope. There is lots of evidence that ancient Chinese traveled to the west coast of North America. They intermingled with the ancient Americans (who may have originally been the whites spoken of here). The result being American Indians, who bear a resemblance to Asians. Evidence in ancient Chinese manuscripts up through late 600s A.D.

The ancient Chinese you're speaking about were not Neolithic Chinese. The Asians who came over here did so many, many thousands of years before the seafaring Chinese.