Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia

Harvard University/Eureka Alert ^ | 12-13-2005 | Steve Brandt

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Semper Paratus]

Interesting, explains why Asians are out of their gourds.

[LIConFem]

And the "Buy American" bumper sticker were invented shortly thereafter. ;o)

[rightinthemiddle]

Worship...the Gourd!!!

[neodad]

Interesting, explains why Asians are out of their gourds.

Also explains why my Asian ex-wife is out of her gourd.

[atomicpossum]

I wondered where those came from.

[VRWCmember]

Must have been before the tariffs got so high.

[azhenfud]

"Much to our surprise, we found that in every case the gourds found in the Americas were a genetic match with modern gourds found in Asia, not Africa. This suggests quite strongly that the gourds that were used as containers in the Americas for thousands of years before the advent of pottery were brought over from Asia.""

So, why isn't it a more plausable position to insist Asians came here, copied America's gourds, and took them back to Asia? (They copy evrything else....)

[VRWCmember]

This would imply that even thousands of years ago the Asians had a comparative advantage in the production of gourds.

[RightWhale]

their strong, hard-shelled fruits were long prized as containers, musical instruments and fishing floats.

The Jug Band is one of the oldest forms of American musical production.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

yea and 80% of the fun was drinkin the jug dry before using it for music...:)

[MarineBrat]

Worship...the Gourd!!!

No, it' the SHOE! It is a sign to follow the SHOE!

[Grut]

They copy evrything else....

Well, they didn't copy Ford's Quality Control Program, did they?

[jrd]

how do they know it wasn't the other way around!

[Buck W.]

"Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia"

That question has been dogging me all week. Thanks.

[reagandemo]

Ancient writings explained that the people were seen yelling "Wilson" as they let the gourds float off into the sunset.

[azhenfud]

Or Asians had perfected the art of gourd-smuggling.

[rightinthemiddle]

"I want to have babies."

[JimSEA]

Fascinating. I had wondered about the similarity of gourds found in the Southwestern USA desert and Southeast Asian gardens. They are heavily used in Asia today.