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Re: Tis the cold snap from hell
By: The Dudely Lama Date: March 4, 2019, 12:14 am
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there was never a land or ice bridge... nice story but not a
shred of archaeological evidence to back it up, which relegates
it to remain a theory, otherwise a story made up by one that
didnt witness the time period, has no historical ties to the
people in question and disregards all native history about the
time in question...
not one burial, cache of tools,,or even a dropped nothing along
the way... my three yr old makes up more believable stories...
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Re: Tis the cold snap from hell
By: AJ Date: March 4, 2019, 6:09 pm
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[quote author=The Dudely Lama link=topic=330.msg3152#msg3152
date=1551680078]
there was never a land or ice bridge... nice story but not a
shred of archaeological evidence to back it up, which relegates
it to remain a theory, otherwise a story made up by one that
didnt witness the time period, has no historical ties to the
people in question and disregards all native history about the
time in question...
not one burial, cache of tools,,or even a dropped nothing along
the way... my three yr old makes up more believable stories...
[/quote]
Agreed, it is a theory. But given the Ice Age temperatures, when
they theorize migration occured, there could have been a ice
bridge.
Or it could have been navigated.
or there could have been people, or the apes which, in theory,
evolved to be people here already.
I'm unfamiliar with the native explanations or origin legends
concerning this. I like to hear them if you can find the time
someday.
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Re: Tis the cold snap from hell
By: The Dudely Lama Date: March 4, 2019, 9:44 pm
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one minor detail no one bothers with is the fact that these
supposed travelers were plains dwellers, not mountaineers...
the steppes was their home and mountain life was foreign.
between where they stood and the promised land lay 5 major
mountain ranges... understand these gatherer/hunters stood
watching all their food sources go south and one says,” hey, i
know this gonna sound silly, but lets not worry about eating...
“. hashing out theories is wonderful fir trying to understand
the workings of the unknown... but critical thinking with an eye
towards common sense should be a given... author and educator
vine deloria jr. was a native man with the ability to write and
educate with a sense if humor. his style and wit make for a fast
read and his indigenous historical references are spot on.
“custer died for your sins” “red earth, white lies”. both
wonderfully entertaining and enlightening... the latter of
these two titles being my favorite... he covers the faults of
a land or ice bridge rather thoroughly without a confrontational
nature...
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Re: Tis the cold snap from hell
By: AJ Date: March 5, 2019, 6:38 pm
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Along the lines of this converse..By chance I watched a Nat Geo
program last night, titled, "America, before Columbus"...I guess
it was the last episode...It focused on the damage Europeans did
on the ecology here. The denuding of the eastern forests, the
incredible destruction done by bringing pigs to the continent,
how much damage was done by the weed seeds they brought with
them in the grains they brought over to farm here. The
destruction caused by cattle on the grazing plains. Disease of
course. Disease caused a lot more harm to the native populations
than the wholesale slaughter of the various conquering
europeans.
One thing I had to wryly smile at....The natives gifted the
Europeans with syphilis. Didn't know that particular malady was
native to this continent.
Another interesting thing. The bees that were native to this
continent were picky pollinators. The european bees would
pollinate virtually anything.
If only the Europeans of that day, were as meticulous as the
archaeologists and paleontologists of today are about studying
things without destroying them......
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