A Study of Early North American Skulls
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A Study of Early North American Skulls
An analysis of North American human skulls dated variously from 9000-13000 years ago, and the suggested implications for the peopling of the Americas.
https://www.livescience.com/skulls-from ... verse.html
The paper:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/artic ... ne.0227444
https://www.livescience.com/skulls-from ... verse.html
The paper:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/artic ... ne.0227444
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Thanks for the links shawomet!
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Odd that the Koories have been in Aust for about 40,000 years and mankind in the Americas for 20,000. What accounts for the difference?
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I'd say that accessibility was probably the issue. Was Australia covered in glaciers from coast to coast in the period of time when it was first colonized by humans? I think not. A group of people can't colonize a land that is inaccessible.
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Were there not parts of Alaska that were habitable - Beringeria?
Seems the archaeology is a bit erratic, no Lake Mungo
Seems the archaeology is a bit erratic, no Lake Mungo
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Sure. Enter the Beringian Standstill:
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/ ... continent/
For the record, it's spelled Beringia.....
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This evokes the question about white settlement in the North America during the colonial period - why on earth did anyone bother sailing or walking from one freezing place to another.
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Answer: Freedom of religion (i.e. politics) and the ability to own land.This evokes the question about white settlement in the North America during the colonial period - why on earth did anyone bother sailing or walking from one freezing place to another.
Warmer latitudes farther south were controlled by the Spanish, and White Anglo Saxon Protestants were not welcomed.
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Is that entirely true? Were the Carolinas for eg completely under Spanish control by 1620?This evokes the question about white settlement in the North America during the colonial period - why on earth did anyone bother sailing or walking from one freezing place to another.
Answer: Freedom of religion (i.e. politics) and the ability to own of land.
Warmer latitudes farther south were controlled by the Spanish, and White Anglo Saxon Protestants were not welcomed.
And Massachusetts or Bermuda, they were all subjects of the King (or Lord Protector), recusants but still subjects as they acknowledged.
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The English were well aware of Spain's reaction to the French establishing Ft. Caroline in 1564 and its resulting destruction and execution of all male inhabitants by Menendez. St Augustine was settled by the Spanish in 1565 and was well-garrisoned.Is that entirely true? Were the Carolinas for eg completely under Spanish control by 1620?
English colonists stayed far north at the time; Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620. Reading through the accounts of settlement, you will find those fears expressed by the founders.
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There were sporadic Spanish attempts to move north from Florida. They seem to have been more interested in gold than agriculture, though. The Carolinas are not big in gold.
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The English settlers in Jamestown were planning to strike it rich in gold deposits also: https://invest.usgoldbureau.com/news/ja ... king-gold/ Obviously, geology was not a developed discipline at the time since the tidal areas of the Carolinas or Virginia were not the right place to be searching for gold.There were sporadic Spanish attempts to move north from Florida. They seem to have been more interested in gold than agriculture, though. The Carolinas are not big in gold.
However, gold was eventually discovered inland, two centuries later: https://goldrushgallery.com/dahlmint/c_ ... tline.html
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The conquistadors were not known for their patience, amigo. ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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But neither is the CarribeanThere were sporadic Spanish attempts to move north from Florida. They seem to have been more interested in gold than agriculture, though. The Carolinas are not big in gold.
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Doubtless but they were also terrified of the native peoples.The English were well aware of Spain's reaction to the French establishing Ft. Caroline in 1564 and its resulting destruction and execution of all male inhabitants by Menendez. St Augustine was settled by the Spanish in 1565 and was well-garrisoned.
English colonists stayed far north at the time; Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620. Reading through the accounts of settlement, you will find those fears expressed by the founders.
It remains a fact that there were more hospitable places that the freezing coastal areas of New England