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Anthropology

Ligyron

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5. Yeah, I was almost going to mention that but it seems unlikely they did.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 02:01 PM

Jul 2023

As I'm sure you're aware, there's also a theory they came from Europe along the edges of sea ice during an ice age long ago. Something about spear points found more resembling those from that part of the world.

People do more walking than sailing, so seems to me the land bridge route would be more likely, although it could have even been both.

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Giant sloth pendants suggest people arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than thought [View all] Wicked Blue Jul 2023 OP

My anthropology professors suspected this, over 50 years ago. raging moderate Jul 2023 #1

As more anomalies are found multigraincracker Jul 2023 #2

If one accepts that these early Americans crossed over from Asia to start with... Ligyron Jul 2023 #3

Absolutely. It would have taken thousands and thousands of years Wicked Blue Jul 2023 #4

Yeah, I was almost going to mention that but it seems unlikely they did. Ligyron Jul 2023 #5

The hypothesis about people crossing wnylib Jul 2023 #6

Now that is truly fascinating. Ligyron Jul 2023 #8

Every once in a while you might come across wnylib Jul 2023 #11

This is all so interesting Wicked Blue Jul 2023 #10

Another possibility that many archaeologists and anthropologists wnylib Jul 2023 #7

That does make a lot of sense. Ligyron Jul 2023 #9

Along the way down the Pacific coast of North America, wnylib Jul 2023 #12