[Drango]

Was it Lautenberg's?

[joesnuffy]

Ya mean that all this time the Aztlan and native american movements have been unfairly characterizing us as invaders ..
I knew it ...I knew it
It was Barzini all along

[SES1066]

Because the remains were discovered outside the United States, scientists will be able to study the DNA and structure of the skeleton without the objection of Native American groups, who can claim and rebury ancestral remains under a 1990 U.S. law.

The oldest skull up to now, believed to be that of "Buhl Woman," was found in 1989 at a gravel quarry in Idaho. Scientists said it dates back from 10,500 to 11,000 years. But researchers scarcely studied those bones before the Shoshone-Bannock tribe claimed and reburried them.

I can sympathize with our Amerindian / aboriginal citizens over their past mistreatments, but this is an area where a badly written law has blocked scientific progress. Any competent anthropologist can tell you that the odds of any tribe remaining in the same place for 10k years is miniscule. To be able to claim and control ancestral remains from several hundred years back is one thing, to do so for such above as well as the Kenewick Man pushes the envelope beyond logic.

[Charles Henrickson]

an elongated-faced woman who died about 13,000 years ago

Barbra Streisand?

[KC_Conspirator]

"If this proves right, it's going to be quite contentious," said Gonzalez, who teaches at John Moores University in England and received a grant last week from the British government to conduct her research. "We're going to say to Native Americans, 'Maybe there were some people in the Americas before you, who are not related to you.' "

Well of course! I am surprised that someone admitted the truth about the biggest lie in north american anthropology and it just goes to show you how politicized the scientific community has become. Its why any remains are immediately re-buried or cremated so that any anthropoligical evidence that points to anything other than indians being of victimhood class.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Dude, you gotta see this:

Emboldened by her finding, Gonzalez will try to prove her theory that the bones of the Peñon Woman belong not to Native Americans, but to descendants of the Ainu people of Japan.

[TopQuark]

Oh, I thought it was an Al Gore story.

Never mind....

[Varda]

Neat !

Here's another article on the same subject.

"Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?"
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=358001

[jerod]

So they've found Helen Thomas. That's why she's been absent from those White House briefings. She's dead.

[flying Elvis]

Why the long face?

Cause I'm dead.

[sneakypete]

Gonzalez will try to prove her theory that the bones of the Peñon Woman belong not to Native Americans, but to descendants of the Ainu people of Japan.

So much for the La Raza rant about the white man "stealing my ancestoral land". Ya gotta wonder how they are going to react to the charges of "brown-skinned invaders stole Mexico from my white ancestors" charges,though. I mean,what with them being all for "historical justice",and all.I wonder how much back rent they are willing to pay?

[zarf]

This can't be true, the bible says we've only been in existance for 6000 years.

Although Nostraepidermis predicted this way back in the days....

[SerpentDove]

Has Bill Clinton seen the skull?

"That's a good-looking skull. I wouldn't mind going out with that skull."

[SunkenCiv]

Just updating the GGG information, not sending a general distribution. Never got pinged, but maybe the older one, linked above, did.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks CobaltBlue. Okay, the older one (Blam's) got pulled due to a copyright complaint, and soooo, I'm not too sure it was pinged. The saved versions I've seen lack both our GGG keywords and the ping message. So, I'm taking the chance. My apologies to all for whom five or so messages in a short space is too many. I'm going to bed now, so you'll be safe for a day or more.

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[Sam Cree]

Unbelievable that a law predecides the race of any bones that may be found. A good illustration of the practical limits of government.

[Vicomte13]

"'If this proves right, it's going to be quite contentious,' said Gonzalez, who teaches at John Moores University in England and received a grant last week from the British government to conduct her research. 'We're going to say to Native Americans, "Maybe there were some people in the Americas before you, who are not related to you."'"

Elves.