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groucho marx.

as i have long held, it is easily apparent to me neanderthal blood runs in the veins of modern europeans. science seems once again to be proving the obvious. i'm not surprised about the west african blood, either. the idea that all ancient blood lines went extinct, except for one, never made sense t...

If I can just post a couple of things without completely hijacking the thread- The other day, British Muslims demanded changes to British foreign policy, claiming it was "alienating" them. Today, the same Muslim groups not only demanded new public holidays relevant to Islam, but also the ...

very interesting, roberto.

well, we seem to be in agreement that the first people in the new world arrived by boat, and long before any land bridge existed. i'm sure we also agree there were numerous landings from different directions over many thousands of years, and it will take time for science to prove this to be true, bu...

i wouldn't be surprised if it were eventually proven there was a small presence in the new world as long as fifty thousand years ago, perhaps even earlier. it is inconcievable to me that humans had boats for forty thousand years or so before the land bridge opened, and made ocean voyages for most or...

stan,

my whole point is that there was no population growth that amounted to anything until it became possible to emigrate from the old world to the new on foot via the land bridge of beringea.

i know i'm beating a dead horse as far as the majority opinion is concerned, but i still say the first people to set foot in the new world got here by accident, not by design.

in my mind, the first person to set foot in the new world was an accidental immigrant. imagine being being a castaway on an island the size of north and south america combined, and all alone. it could have happened. of course, someone had to be first. that actually did happen. i wish i knew when, a...

in my mind, the first person to set foot in the new world was an accidental immigrant. imagine being being a castaway on an island the size of north and south america combined, and all alone. it could have happened. of course, someone had to be first. that actually did happen. i wish i knew when, an...

i know the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant. the people i'm talking about were not emigrants, as they did not intend to wind up here on new shores. far from it, in the vast majority of cases 50,000 or more years ago, i'm sure. you're sure ? what about them :lol: the fact that they en...

Women then were not the delicate flowers we know today. They were tough and the men needed them around. Probably somewhere between what I proposed and what you, Gruna, proposed. Maybe not as many as in the regular family unit but a few, just for fun and to do all the work. :lol: you are a brave man...

The women got here somehow at some point or there never would have been a viable population. How? Mail order? i allowed for small numbers of women being among those arriving by chance in the new world 50,000 or more years ago. i would say large numbers of women emigrated here only after they could ...

marduk wrote:http://www.answers.com/topic/emigration

i know the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant. the people i'm talking about were not emigrants, as they did not intend to wind up here on new shores. far from it, in the vast majority of cases 50,000 or more years ago, i'm sure.

i have to disagree with the majority, and maintain that few of the earliest humans to set foot in the new world would have been women. the way they got here was undoubtedly by boat, and most likely by accident. i doubt many women went out to fish or hunt on the open ocean, and storms would be the mo...