Note: this topic is from 4/06/2017. Thanks JimSEA. I don't buy the "ice-free during the ice age" handed-down story part of this. It has little more credibility than the modern myth that the Dogon knew about Sirius B.
I’m surprised they didn’t proclaim they were Martians.
Wait a sec...
Ice age?
Warming climate?
Did they have SUVs?
I was thinking the same thing :) Needed a break.
As for the settlement, I can attest to it.
My great great great....Italian ancestors visited there for a little while but the food was no good so they went back :)
I noticed that this small island is just north of Victoria Island.
I’ve been to Victoria Island. It’s the only place in North America with a Tropical Rain Forest. If I can believe the tour guide, the last time Victoria Island got down to 50F was during WW2, and then only for a day or two. Evidently there is a warm ocean current, believed to be heated from volcanic activity, that bathes the island in warmth year round.
If there isn’t an empty Coke can and a wrapper from McDonalds hamburger, who cares..../S
Thanks for posting.
This isn’t so surprising, since genetic studies of Eskimos suggest that people crossed the Bering Sea at least 20,000 years ago. The real question is why they lingered up there for so long rather than migrating down to warmer climates. This article implies that it took them at least 6,000 years to move south.
I lost faith in The Smithsonian and Scientific American back in the 80s.
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We are currently in an ice age that started around 3 million years ago. We are in an interglacial period that started 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. In another few thousand years the next glaciation will arrive.
Note: this topic is from 4/06/2017. Thanks JimSEA. I don't buy the "ice-free during the ice age" handed-down story part of this. It has little more credibility than the modern myth that the Dogon knew about Sirius B.
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Thank you for posting this. It is very interesting. Good distraction.
