[blam]

IMO, skeletons, in the Americas, that are older than 6,000 years old should be classified as Paleo-American instead of Paleo-Indian. There are no American Indian/Native Americans (as we know then today) skeletons ever found in the Americas that are older than 6,000 year old, previous to this date, the people were someone else.

[blam]

I was directed to this article by FReeper Shamusotoole, enjoy.

[farmfriend]

Gods, Graves, Glyphs
List for articles regarding early civilizations , life of all forms, - dinosaurs - etc.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this ping list.

[xrp]

Bulldoze it, out with the old, in with the new!

[lizma]

Bottom line: Why can't we leave leave p.c. out of this? Why can't we just search for the truth?

It's pretty obvious now, modern man has totally underestimated early man. But we remain so sactimonious. That's down right silly.

[Old Professer]

Their primary job -- filling their stomachs -- took only about two hours each day, leaving plenty of time for making jewelry from bones and seeds or weaving clothing from the leaves of sabal palm.

Hm, add in a couple of sessions of Hip-Hop and 8,000 years doesn't sound like very long at all.

[Coyoteman]

Good article, Blam. That's the advantage of a burial site with little oxygen!

Coast of California has material that old and older, but so far no single cemetery of this magnitude. But, our oldest individual is a pretty-well confirmed 13,400 years (several lines of evidence). No DNA yet, but they are still trying.

The theory which is emerging supports a coastal migration to get around the glaciers in Alaska and Canada, followed much later by the ice-free corridor. It may have been closed or with little vegetation ca. 24,000 - 12,000 years ago or so.

Of course, the coastal migration followed the coast, and DNA from Bella Coola to Chumash (near Alaska to southern California) looks like it is supporting the theory.

[blam]

Old stuff, over here.

[Spruce]

the oldest group of human DNA ever found anywhere in the World

[zx2dragon]

Good article. I was watching a special on the pyramids a few months ago and I guess they now think that the first one may be 10,000+ years old.

We seem to learn more and more everyday about the past.

[SW6906]

"The injury is such that Doran thinks it was caused by a human wielding the antler in anger. He says that the wound is counter to previously stated views of these people as passive."

"(They) cared for each other; by indulging and taking care of the handicapped."

Where's the evidence that proves this?

Why do anthropologists always seem to assume that ancient cultures are peaceful and egalitarian? Time after time, they find out they were wrong when they later discover signs of warfare, human sacrifice, cannibalism, slavery, or so forth. I don't understand why they even make such prognostications......

[Question_Assumptions]

I wish they would stop assuming that every ancient culture with any organization was "egalitarian". It causes them to overlook all sorts of things -- like evidence of homicides.

[Dustbunny]

Wow, what a refreshing read. Thank you

[Elle Bee]

did they find any condos?

.

[blam]

GGG Ping

A New Discovery In Florida. I can't post it as a new article due to copyright complaints. So, I'll link it here:

Merritt Island Digs Reveals Evidence Of Ancient Village

BTW, I lived on Merritt Island '73-'75, nice area.

[GOPJ]

bump

[blam]

"I saw the headline and thought that it was talking about a Buddha, a man, preserved for 1,300 years. Now that would have impressed me!"

Thought you may like these 8,000 year old folks in this article.

[Rebelbase]

"The ancient human DNA is of such quality as to allow genetic cloning, "

[muawiyah]

The X-Factor genes are found in modern North American Indians ~ as well as in North African Berbers and Fenno-Scandian Sa'ami.

There's a discovery in Oregon (other than Kennewick Man) that's something like 13,000 years old ~ and some quite entertaining Korean-style heated home-sites in Alaska that predate such devices in Korea.

I don't think anyone is quite sure of who was first, but the process has clearly been additive ~ and is still going on.

[blam]

Linking:

Florida Bog People DNA

[sit-rep]

i wonder why DNA tests were not conducted specifically for that confirmation. or ... were they and they are purposely silent on the issue!!

that would really throw a wrench in the “White man stole from the Indians” crowd...