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- From: prs9k@brain.med.virginia.edu (Phil Scarr)
- Subject: Re: Native Indians - Where did they start ?
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 12:56:25 GMT
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- In article <27539@sybase.sybase.com> venky@sybase.com (Venky) writes:
- >
- >It is known that the first Indian settlers came via Alaska around 500 A.D
-
- Not quite. Try somewhere between 25,000BP and 10,000BP. Where did you
- get 500AD? There are dated monuments in the Maya lowlands of Guatemala
- which date to 350AD.
-
- >and proceeded to make Oregon, California and Arizona their habitat. The
- >Modocs and the Apaches belong to this category, I guess. There were other
- >tribes which came from the south ( Mexico..) and made their homes in New
- >Mexico and sorrounding places. The Pimas and the Pegasos may be in this
- >category. The time of the southern migration must have been around the
- >same time as the northern migration.
- >
- >Of interest and not much discussed is their flight ( or their walk ) to
- >North America. Is it true that they might have started around in Africa
- >and even travelled parts of Asia before landing in N.America.? I am
- >interested in knowing their origin, the time and the travel.
- >
- >Any info is greatly appreciated.
- >
- >Thanx..!
- >Venky
-
- Pick up any intro Archaeology book. They all tell this story. In a
- nutshell, during the last major glaciation a bridge between asia and
- north america opened up and asian nomads crossed the bridge and migrated
- south filling north and south america by about 8000BP. The rest is, as
- they say, history.
-
- -Phil
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