A repeat, I believe.
Pure speculation by denialists.
Good article! Thanks.
What ended the last Ice Age 25,000 years ago? Neanderthal fires??????
Try this one http://www.foteviken.se/sewnboat/part1/part1.htm
Just to recall, this piece was published back when they still thought nautical terms and technology had been passed on from German speaking people to the Sa'ami.
We now know it was the other way around with even some grammatical practices in the Sa'ami languages having found themselves firmly lodged in the German languages.
These "sewn boats" are actually plank boats curved against a sort of proto-frame, and tied in place through holes drilled at regular intervals.
The discovery sites of the most ancient extant boats occur in upland sites throughout Scandinavia. Total wrecks are found in the estuaries. The implication is that the boats were built in the mountains, used, sold down river, and finally put to work in the Actic Ocean, a very unforgiving environment.
The fundamental hullshape and ribbing designs are translated to the early Indo-Europeans (aka Vikings) at some period of time. The boats were scaled up and turned into the typical seagoing ships used by the Vikings.
This piece gives a good idea of what might well have been an Ice Age boat design. The writer, though, seems to think this design was the step up from dugouts ~ even though there were no trees large enough to be "dug out" in the Sapmai!
One important point for archaeologists should be that improved boat designs in Scandinavia came about first at an early age INLAND for use on wild glacier rivers and streams. Those boats were then modified for use in the far gentler ocean.
-Capt. Jack Sparrow, speaking for all sailors of every age.
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This is interesting. This puts humans in the techology arena early in our evolution. It also may explain our curious need for lots of fresh water, relative to other critters, since on coasts, this would be less of a selective factor.
No wonder the neanders couldn’t keep up. Pity, since they would be great for selling auto insurance today.
He ought to be nervous. There are entrenched academics whose careers are cemented in the theory that the earliest humans came overland no ealier than 12,ooo years ago. And they like to destroy the careers of those who challenge them.
As our technology and expanding scopes of our civilization allow us to explore and expand the edges of archeological inquiry, we’ll discover more and more instances where human kind rose above the “noble savagery” that we equate with ancient times and achieved more than we give them credit for.
Our pre-formed ideas about the primitive man don’t give enough credit to the intelligence and curiosity that is inherent in our species. I give more credit to our current civilizations achievements to the relative stability of our climate over the last 6 thousand years than to any improvements in our overall intelligence. And we aren’t any less likely to become the next civilized victim of climate change at the rate we’re going... Carbon credits aren’t going to hold back the seas if the seas should rise, or if the climate changes in the other direction, carbon credits aren’t going to warm our homes in the ultra-long winters or feed our children.
Folks got to Australia 60,000 years ago, why not here too.
Well of course they did, at least during various periods of pre-history.
First Americans
Discover | 2-1999 | Karen Wright
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/764305/posts
Rediscovering America
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The City Of The White Men (Who Built Tiahuanaco)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569762/posts
Migrating people had 20,000-year campout
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Indian DNA Links To 6 ‘Founding Mothers’
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Posted on 03/13/2008 2:04:39 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985244/posts
Americas Settled 15,000 Years Ago, Study Says
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Posted on 03/13/2008 2:12:58 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985250/posts
Bison Bones Bolster Idea Ice Age Seafarers First To Americas
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Posted on 03/24/2008 2:14:57 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990882/posts
Fossilized feces found in Oregon suggest earliest human presence in North America
Seattle Times | 02 Apr 2008 | Sandi Doughton
Posted on 04/03/2008 3:34:56 AM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995951/posts
[newer repeat]
Did Humans Colonize the World by Boat?
Discover Magazine | 5-20-08 | Heather Pringle
Posted on 05/28/2008 4:14:50 AM PDT by Renfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2022359/posts