Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:20 pm
its solidly established both in mythology and geneticsThat implies some sort of cultural affinity between groups that, I don't think, has been established yet.
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its solidly established both in mythology and geneticsThat implies some sort of cultural affinity between groups that, I don't think, has been established yet.
marduk wrote:its solidly established both in mythology and geneticsThat implies some sort of cultural affinity between groups that, I don't think, has been established yet.
This points out very well what we have been talking about Roberto. It may also account for the African features that are evident in some of the mesoamerican art.Roberto wrote:Research Article
Ancient transpacific voyaging to the new world via Pleistocene South Pacific Islands
Steve Wyatt *
Wildwood, Missouri
*Correspondence to Steve Wyatt, 15 Whitsetts Fork Ridge Road, Wildwood, Missouri 63038
Abstract
How humans first arrived in America remains a mystery. Although the Beringian and coastal options have been discussed in detail, a transpacific route from the Old World to the New World via the islands of Oceania has been essentially ignored. Of the many factors involved in completing such a voyage, besides an adequate watercraft, landfall frequency and prevailing winds and currents were most important. A chain of islands in the landless eastern South Pacific, with its consequent and possibly favorable modifications of regional sea surface currents, would have been particularly beneficial to eastbound mariners. Comparing present-day bathymetry with estimated late Pleistocene glacially induced sea level fluctuations suggests that latent islands may actually exist, especially when the effects of other geological phenomena are also considered. If exposed during the last glacial maximum (LGM), such a chain of islands could have provided facilitating layover points for ancient eastbound seafaring explorers, thus making a transpacific journey more plausible. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Geoarchaeology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 511 - 529
Published Online: 6 Jul 2004
Anybody read this article? Something worth consideration. Prior to LGM,
a whole chain of islands once provided layover points for early transpacific sea travel. Along with the currents to move them eastward.
when did anything become hancocks positionAre you willing to grant Hancock's position that these myths go back to the Ice Age?
specifically what mesoamerican art are you talking about ?This points out very well what we have been talking about Roberto. It may also account for the African features that are evident in some of the mesoamerican art.
his position in this area is that there was a master race going around the world and teaching everyone the same skills and mythology in the ice age
thats complete bollox
the club claims no such thingThe Club does not like that idea because it claims there was no contact between these disparate cultures...but there they are.
be difficult for something that doesnt actually exist to claim anything imho
yeah but thats because they require some actual evidence and don't go on an uneducated personal beliefMany scientists disagree with this theory completely