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wnylib

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25. Yes, archaeologists are more willing

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #22)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 05:15 AM

Jul 2020

to let go of the old Clovis theory than they were a generation ago. Dr. Adovasio was so frustrated with their rigid refusal to accept his findings and the lengths they went to in trying to discount his work that he referred to them as the "Clovis Mafia."

The path across Beringia and later down an ice-free corridor into North America never did sound right to me. But one reason why it was held to so strongly by archaeologists in the past is that it offered a science based explanation for the peopling of the Americas instead of popular nonsense about lost tribes of Israel, or survivors from Atlantis being the source of the Native populations of America.

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Discovery in Mexican Cave May Drastically Change the Known Timeline of Humans' Arrival ... [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 OP

Earliest evidence for humans in the Americas Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #1

Thanks, LoC, you just beat me to it. Very interesting find. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #2

Ohhhhh WAIT! stopdiggin Jul 2020 #5

Maybe not so brutal Richard D Jul 2020 #9

there was a lot less sex on the wrong brain too- less greed and authoritarianism certainot Jul 2020 #14

... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #8

I respectfully disagree. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #10

but we have much better weaponry now and with a lot more sex on the wrong brain we have certainot Jul 2020 #15

Wow! GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #18

thank you stopdiggin Jul 2020 #20

humans went from about 50-50 right and left handed like chimps to 90% certainot Jul 2020 #21

I don't find this at all compelling stopdiggin Jul 2020 #23

right handed dominance is 'credited' to tool-making or language but sowb goes back to our earliest certainot Jul 2020 #24

Right. And 'civilization started long ago. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #26

thanks. quite interesting stopdiggin Jul 2020 #3

That is very interesting Chainfire Jul 2020 #4

that couch needs to be shifted stopdiggin Jul 2020 #6

It's only with the discovery of HGTV that reno became a thing RainCaster Jul 2020 #13

Surprise cave discoveries may double the time people lived in the Americas Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #7

Well the Nat Geo article has 2naSalit Jul 2020 #11

"leading the scientists to HYPOTHESIZE that..." Not theorize. ffr Jul 2020 #12

Where was the coast line? murpheeslaw Jul 2020 #16

One problem in establishing wnylib Jul 2020 #17

"a water route" left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #19

I think the archeological community stopdiggin Jul 2020 #22

Yes, archaeologists are more willing wnylib Jul 2020 #25