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by santyago
Mon May 05, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: Anthropology and Primitive Societies
Topic: Peopling of Americas
Replies: 89
Views: 73905

I'm not sure those brave souls were even looking. I think they were just excavating their sites and were quite shocked at the dates from the carbon samples they submitted for analysis. But it's not much to go on. The list of sites with dates that pre-date Clovis is growing but there are always legit...
by santyago
Mon May 05, 2008 2:56 pm
Forum: Anthropology and Primitive Societies
Topic: Peopling of Americas
Replies: 89
Views: 73905

Possible reason for resistence to the idea of pre-Clovis occupation: 99% of the field archaeology in the US is conducted by archaeologists in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) firms. This archaeology is done to meet State and Federal requirements for certain types of projects that are funded with t...
by santyago
Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:28 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Can anyone tell me more about the hobbit remains found?
Replies: 20
Views: 14346

I think this is where the debate stands now. Should be a response next year.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9 ... ecies.html
by santyago
Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:00 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Season's greetings.
Replies: 12
Views: 7854

Season's Greetings to you all!

Christmas Story for people having a bad day. When four of Santa's elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones, Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her Mom was coming to visit. This stressed...
by santyago
Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:05 pm
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Neanderthal DNA
Replies: 437
Views: 218211

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061204_neanderthal_lifestyle.html My pet theory: Prions killed off Neanderthals! If they were eating each other's brains, they might have contracted a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy like Kuru, which almost finished off the cannibalisitic Fore in New G...
by santyago
Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:34 am
Forum: Archived Discussion Forum
Topic: Sound familiar?
Replies: 7
Views: 3671

"When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the Land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible". Jomo Kenyatta (first president of Kenya) Funny -- the West (mostly the British) worke...