'First Americans' May Be Johnnies-Come-Lately (Topper Site)

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 8-20-2004 | Mike Toner

[blam]

GGG Ping

Please go to the site to view the pictures.

[TheGeezer]

The earliest immigrants to America may have been Caucasoids? Is that a permissible theory today? Isn't that racist? </sarcasm>

[norton]

Yes, it is acceptable.
However, the more neutral 'space aliens' is favored in more progressive circles.

[billorites]

Amazing!

[Sam Cree]

The earliest immigrants to America may have been Caucasoids?"

I wonder if that means that white people will be allowed to own casinos now?

[ikka]

The earliest immigrants to America may have been Caucasoids? Is that a permissible theory today? Isn't that racist?

Yes, but then as now, illegal immigration will kill them off.

[Sam Cree]

Do you have a link, Blam? It asked me so many personal questions that I skipped looking.

[blam]

"Do you have a link, Blam? It asked me so many personal questions that I skipped looking."

Try this

I had to answer all the questions too. The pictures don't add anything to the article though.

[Lion Den Dan]

immigrants to America may have been Caucasoids? Is that a permissible theory today?

It is permissible only if it can be conclusively shown that they were not Christian or Republicans.

[RobFromGa]

Fiedel says he doesn't question the age of the soils the South Carolina team has been excavating, but he is skeptical that the crudely chipped flakes and points — hand-made "microblades" to the archaeologists who see them as ancient tools — were fashioned by humans.

The same people that think the complexity of humans doesn't indicate "design" are confident that some crudely chipped flakes on some rocks are a clear indicator of "design". Which is it?

[ryanjb2]

Some Native Americans in the Eastern United States and Canada do have European Mitochondrial DNA, which is only inherited from the mother.

[blam]

"Lapa Vermelha, Brazil: The skull of a 13,500-year-old female nicknamed Luzia discovered here is the oldest known human skeleton found in the Americas"

Luzia looks African

Arlington Springs Woman has now been dated as the oldest American. She was found on an island off the coast of California.

[blam]

"Some Native Americans in the Eastern United States and Canada do have European Mitochondrial DNA, which is only inherited from the mother."

Yup. These 8,000 year old mummies found in Florida have DNA that compares to western Europeans. See article below.

Bye, Bye Beringia

[pabianice]

"Make it so!"

[Veto!]

Much more on the Solutreans at BBC, corroborating the theory that they preceded the Clovis people:

http://db.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/columbusqa.shtml

[blam]

"Much more on the Solutreans at BBC, corroborating the theory that they preceded the Clovis people:"

Thanks, posted it here:

Stone Age Columbus - Questions And Answers

[MarshHawk]

Another great post, Blam.

I always enjoy your posts. You are a credit to FR. I just clicked on your name. Shouldn't that be Blam!Blam! ?
"Audemus jura nostra defendere" indeed!

[SunkenCiv]

thanks blam!

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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.

[ForGod'sSake]

To classical archaeology, which teaches that people first entered North America via a land bridge from Siberia around 13,500 years ago and fanned out across the continent, the notion of earlier migrations to the Americas borders on professional heresy.

Related question to my reply on a previous thread; what keeps these classical/pseudo(?) scientific types so tightly bound to their theories? I've asked this question several times before and was basically met with shrugs. Somebody knows. Seems to me that when unusual(pronounced irrational) stuff happens, a money trail might be a good place to look for answers. But, whadda I know?

FGS