the Carolina Bays
and -- possibly -- a sudden decline of Clovis culture -- to be intriguing.
“So finally we have people agreeing that yes, a certain people did come over the land bridge. What we didn’t know is that it just so happens there were people already here when they did it. It made us all realize just how little we knew and know about America’s past.”
Comet Theory Collides With Clovis Research, May Explain Disappearance of Ancient People
Ice Age Ends Smashingly: Did A Comet Blow Up Over Eastern Canada? (More) (Carolina Bays)
Whenever some liberal tries to rip into me for daring to question ‘settled science’ regarding Global Warming, I just mention the chilling effect that the Clovis First theory had on archaeology for decades. And that scientists who questioned that theory were treated as crackpots and were ostracized.
Back in the day... when I was a Pleistocene geologist, I was told that anytime that I ran across human artifacts in sediments, it was 13.5 k bp or later. Ignore it and move on. I wonder if I passed up on a 50 k b.p. site along the way.
The other thing here I find fascinating is the bolide / meteor impact in / over Canada. We are finding ever more evidence that our history has been effected by catastrophic events, be they volcanos or impactors from the sky.
Interesting article, thanks for posting (former SC-Beaufort resident).
Bump to read later
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof."These folks are going about it the right way. They are working with the top archaeologists and other specialists in the country, and they are doing solid science in an effort to document their claim.
Personally, I hope they can document 50,000 years. That would be a major boon to archaeological research in the US! Just think of all the new puzzles for us to work out.
It may be a repeat for you, but I found it fascinating. I really enjoy your posts.
The SUBJECT line of my message was, "How to rouse the rabble..." '-)
the Carolina Bays
and -- possibly -- a sudden decline of Clovis culture -- to be intriguing.
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
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There it is again ....serendipity. You can work your butt off following the carefully mapped path you think is right and then Blam (pun intended) out of nowhere something comes along that is monstrously beneficial.
For Al Goodyear it happened twice in just a few years.
I actually think it's a good thing. Each time a new publication picks up developments such as this, a few more people who see the paper become aware of what's going on and how the scientific communityTM frequently gets stuck on stupid.. Same with FR IMO. A few more Freepers will see the paper.
So, post at will! ;^)
