Caucasoids in Paleolithic America

[Jim]

crzhrs,

I love to watch you walk that narrow Tight-Rope. Your ballance bar is right on course, but I've got to LMAO the way you are so STRAIGHT and P.C.!!!

Jim

[crzhrs]

Jim:

That's the Libra in me . . . I try to balance all opinions by seeing both sides of an issue. Who am I to say what's right and wrong and how to lead one's life. As long as you don't hurt anyone go for it!

PS: My parents taught me to be polite . . . even to those who don't deserve it! You weren't around very much when our European friends were posting some offensive stuff. I will defend those who are incapable of defending themselves and I will not stand for injustice.

I learned thats it's best to dazzle your opponents with big words and talk like Dr. Irwin Corey when responding . . . (If you don't know who he is I'll explain later)

[Tricia]

crzhrs said:

In a TIME article to be soon released on whether Kennwick Man was Caucasian here's a nutshell:

". . . One of the big unanswered questions was whether Kennewick Man was Caucasian. The answer, it turns out, is probably no. He's more likely Polynesian or closer to Ainu, an ethnic group that is now found only in northern Japan but in prehistoric times lived throughout coastal areas of eastern Asia, say researchers. . ."

Crzhrs--

I finally received my copy and the headline seemed to be that Kennewick Man's features were initially considered to be "caucasoid-like," but the man himself was NOT Caucasian. One thing I found fascinating is this theory regarding the "Kelp Trail," where early Americans headed to the south and followed the economic benefits that these beds produced. Unfortunately, the article maintains most of this evidence is probably buried now on the Continental Shelf, but some pointers have been found on the Channel Islands of California.

The question still out there is if man travelled directly across the Pacific, rather than hugging the shorelines.

Regards,
Leyton McLean

[crzhrs]

Leyton:

Gotta believe whatever boat travel was close to the coast, much safer with land in sight. There may have been some travelers from the South Pacific, but that is a L-O-N-G way to go, but the Kon-Tiki showed that was possible.

I think there may have been several ways to access the Western Hemisphere from Asia and the Pacific, including foot and boat. Just got to wonder about the populating of South America. There is a huge swamp in Panama that is the only break in the Pan-American Hi-way and more than likely was there in earlier times. Ancient man may have found that a barrier or limited foot travel. So that leaves the boat theory wide-open. But man is a smart creature and he may have found ways to travel through that swamp and continue into South America.

Or maybe they hop-scotched from the Caribbean Islands by boat and landed on the northern shores of SA. Anything is possible and anything is possible about the many genes that have been crossed between humans. I don't believe any race is 100% pure.