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- Subject: Re: Native Indians - Where did they start ?+
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:34:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.125625.3594@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, prs9k@brain.med.virginia.edu (Phil Scarr) writes:
- > 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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- >
- As of the last bet I heard, that the americas have had upwards of three or more
- immigrations from asia.. Wit the eskimos/aleuts being the last..
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- First came over some possibly 35,000 years ago, and the last around 3000 years
- ago.
- Part of my family history is in two of the three..
- I live in Nome, Alaska in an area where all came thru..
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- Michael Adams alias Ghost Wheel/Morgoth NSMCA@acad3.alaska.edu
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