Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus

livescience.com ^ | 04 June 2007 | Heather Whipps

[Alas Babylon!]

No, it was his boss, the station owner.... Mr Carlson.

Les was giving the play-by-play from the ground, sounding eerily like the guy from the Hindenburg disaster (Oh the humanity!).

[blam]

"Blam will have the link I'm sure. :')"

Sorry, I don't.

[wolfcreek]

IMO, there were *Indians* before there were Europeans/white folks.

[LottieDah]

Someone had to come first...even the egg came before the chicken.

[OpeEdMunkey]

I figure I was born here, so I must be a native American. I like to check off the little race box. The HR people get so excited.

[DesertConservative]

Thanks for the clarification :)

What a terrific show. TV comedy has really gone downhill since.

[ZULU]

The first “outsiders” to reach America were probably several thousand Asians who later became American “Indians”.

[colorado tanker]

“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”

[Nikas777]

Funniest TV line ever. I have not seen the show in decade or so and I still remember it!

[allmendream]

Thor Heyerdahl and Kon Tiki PING!!!

[colorado tanker]

The series is out in DVD. The consensus of the interviews was that was the funniest episode in what was IMHO a very funny series.

[SunkenCiv]

Blammit, Dam! ;') No no, let me do it. ;') Here's the chicken topics and more, chrono sorted:

• The aggressive dances of the Pacific Islands. Haka, Cibi, Siva Tau and Sipi Tau
• Rat DNA Clues To Sea Migration
• Did ancient Polynesians visit California? Maybe so. Scholars revive idea using linguistic ties...
• Gene study suggests Polynesians came from Taiwan
• Graves Of The Pacific's First Seafarers Revealed
• Drifters Could Explain Sweet-Potato Travel
• Polynesians Beat Columbus To The Americas
• First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia (came before Columbus)
• Chicken bones show Polynesians went to Chile (Told ya so!)
• Early Polynesians Sailed Thousands Of Miles For Trade
• Archaeology Unearths Gout In Early Pacific People
• 2007 - Year Of The Lapita? (Polynesian Breakthroughs)
• Top 10 Discoveries of 2007 (Archaeology magazine)
• Pacific Islanders' Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study
• Tonga archaeology discovery blow to Samoa's 'cradle' claim
• Fiji Jewellery Box Find Stuns Archaeologists (Lapita People)
• 'Chicken and Chips' Theory of Pacific Migration
• Rock art find highlights ancient east-west Polynesia links

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops.

• The aggressive dances of the Pacific Islands. Haka, Cibi, Siva Tau and Sipi Tau
• Rat DNA Clues To Sea Migration
• The Pacific's Pompeii
• Did ancient Polynesians visit California? Maybe so. Scholars revive idea using linguistic ties...
• Gene study suggests Polynesians came from Taiwan
• Graves Of The Pacific's First Seafarers Revealed
• Drifters Could Explain Sweet-Potato Travel
• Polynesians Beat Columbus To The Americas
• First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia (came before Columbus)
• Chicken bones show Polynesians went to Chile (Told ya so!)
• Early Polynesians Sailed Thousands Of Miles For Trade
• Archaeology Unearths Gout In Early Pacific People
• 2007 - Year Of The Lapita? (Polynesian Breakthroughs)
• Top 10 Discoveries of 2007 (Archaeology magazine)
• Pacific Islanders' Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study
• Tonga archaeology discovery blow to Samoa's 'cradle' claim
• Fiji Jewellery Box Find Stuns Archaeologists (Lapita People)
• 'Chicken and Chips' Theory of Pacific Migration
• Rock art find highlights ancient east-west Polynesia links

[blam]

"Blammit, Dam! ;') No no, let me do it. ;') Here's the chicken topics and more, chrono sorted:"

Well, you do get paid a lot more than me... Oops! (Sheeeh)

[Little Bill]

Damn, Blam forgets! There is a Haka Photo from WW1 from the ANZAC CORPS in France that was posted on the NZ Blacks Thread, must network

[blam]

"Damn, Blam forgets! "

Age does take it's toll. (ahem)

[Little Bill]

Bill you are only two years older than I, resist the descent.

[blam]

"Bill you are only two years older than I, resist the descent."

Okay...maybe laziness then?

[Little Bill]

Probably, I have to fight off the same thing myself. I just had to give you a chance for a rebuttal.

There is so much stuff out there that doesn’t conform to those things that we were brought up to believe it makes my head spin.

[Flag_This]

"Soft tyranny of low expectations."

LOL!