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Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:42 pm
by Minimalist
http://apnews.excite.com/article/201102 ... BSF00.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settlers who crossed from Asia to the New World, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
The bones represent the earliest human remains discovered in the Arctic of North America, a "pretty significant find," said Ben A. Potter of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
While ancient Alaskan residents were known to hunt large game, the newly discovered site shows they also foraged for fish, birds and small mammals, he explained. "Here we know there were young children and females. So, this is a whole piece of the settlement system that we had virtually no record of."
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:04 pm
by Digit
While ancient Alaskan residents were known to hunt large game, the newly discovered site shows they also foraged for fish, birds and small mammals,
As we had promulgated on here several times, as opposed to the 'official' line that they lived on Mammoths!
Pity there isn't a prize for stating the obvious!
Roy.
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:28 pm
by Minimalist
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:56 pm
by Digit
Thank you Min!
Roy.
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:36 pm
by Minimalist
Between my sick sense of humor and Google images there seems to be a picture for damn near everything.
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:52 pm
by Digit
If you have a sick sense of humour then I must also have one! Blast! Another character flaw.
Roy.
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:24 pm
by dannan14
Digit wrote:If you have a sick sense of humour then I must also have one! Blast! Another character flaw.
Roy.
That's a flaw?
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:54 am
by Digit
Well it's nice to know that I'm not the only one in step at least!
Roy.
Re: Early Remains Found in Arctic
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:20 am
by Minimalist
dannan14 wrote:Digit wrote:If you have a sick sense of humour then I must also have one! Blast! Another character flaw.
Roy.
That's a flaw?
Nah...it's a coping mechanism.
