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by Chuck A. Walla
Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:00 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Fingerprints of the Gods - Book Review
Replies: 846
Views: 408997

There are other maps showing Antarctica, however. One of them, as I recall, shows Antarctica as several islands buried under the ice pack. I'll check it out a little later. Just today I noted this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060630100735.htm which speaks of North American ...
by Chuck A. Walla
Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:44 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Roots of Human Family Tree Are Shallow
Replies: 12
Views: 7063

Is the answer "Jesus?" I don't even know what the question to that was. I was just wondering how they could say that "all" modern humans, including presumably native South Americans who have supposedly been isolated for at least ten thousand years, have a common ancestor less th...
by Chuck A. Walla
Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:27 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Native American creation myths
Replies: 34
Views: 27077

Re: Native American creation myths

I have heard several native American creation myths which involve the first man and woman emerging from a cave which leads under a body of water or a river. The Caddo myth goes something like this; The first man and woman emerged from a cave which led under the Red river. Is it possible that (and I...
by Chuck A. Walla
Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:23 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Roots of Human Family Tree Are Shallow
Replies: 12
Views: 7063

Roots of Human Family Tree Are Shallow

"That means everybody on Earth descends from somebody who was around as recently as the reign of Tutankhamen,"


http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2142987

I just wonder how this could possibly refer to Native Americans.
by Chuck A. Walla
Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Atlatl
Replies: 82
Views: 64890

Cheaper and easier to manufacture than bows and requires far less (supervised) training to master to a practically useful level: soldiering. Rocket, I don't understand this comment. We are talking about hunter-gatherers, aren't we? In that context, what do you mean by soldiering, and why is a bow m...
by Chuck A. Walla
Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:29 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Oldest hominid skull in Australia found near Bega = BUNK
Replies: 22
Views: 27686

Re: Oldest hominid skull in Australia found near Bega = BUNK

Mr. Gilroy it turns out runs a webpage ( http://mysteriousaustralia.com ) that shows him to be a 'Yowie' researcher amongst other highly speculative lines of inquiry. He claims to have found over a dozen hominid skulls (that alone would be remarkable for one researcher) but a check of the pictures ...