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Here's a link to more

wabby — Mon, 19 May 2014 22:35:54 +0000

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Here's a link to more information on Naia. Mexico plans to lift the entire skeleton from the underwater cave for further study.

Ah, thanks for the

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 19 May 2014 16:19:52 +0000

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Ah, thanks for the clarification. That's too bad. A paleolithic ocean cruise would be so much cooler than a boring old land bridge.

Exactly so. One can't really

Verified Atheist — Mon, 19 May 2014 15:44:36 +0000

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Exactly so. One can't really disprove migration from other routes, but evidence that has previously been used to bolster those claims (bone structure with African traits, chickens with putatively Polynesian traits) can now be shown to actually not support those claims at all. That doesn't mean that there wasn't pre-Colonial migration from Africa or Polynesia, just that there isn't any good supporting evidence for it. Some archeologists will continue to search for that supporting evidence, which is an important aspect of the scientific method, but unless/until they find it, modern introductory textbooks will most likely stick to the Beringian migratory route.

One of the primary arguments

Elusive Trope — Mon, 19 May 2014 13:13:23 +0000

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One of the primary arguments for the other route theories was based simply on the fact that the indigenous people of South America were physically different than their counter-parts in North America. This find proves that the physical differences in bone structures (such as the face) can occur even if both groups used the bridge to get here. Combine that with how close she was to beginning of the period of the crossing, and this leaves the other theories with not much to hang their hat on.

It's a cool find, but I don't

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 19 May 2014 04:01:06 +0000

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It's a cool find, but I don't understand how it "bolsters the prevailing theory that the sole route of human migration into North America took place over a Siberia-Alaska land bridge." There was never any doubt that humans migrated from Siberia. The question is whether they migrated from anywhere else.

I also was all interested in

wabby — Mon, 19 May 2014 00:47:33 +0000

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I also was all interested in this discovery and the DNA being extracted and linked to modern day indians.

But then, like 14 seconds later, the BIG DINOSAUR was in the news and whatcha gonna do?

Good link. I have been

Richard Day — Sun, 18 May 2014 21:20:48 +0000

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Good link.

I have been listening to archeologists all day on Youtube who attach themselves to more fringe theories.

But I am not surprised at all that 13,000 years ago we find remains that relate to current Native American peoples.

However there are great differences amongst the Native American tribes as far as cultural considerations and DNA testing, is a fascinating subject.

Thanks. It is interesting

trkingmomoe — Sun, 18 May 2014 16:45:23 +0000

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Thanks. It is interesting how they are able to use DNA and carbon dating to verify origins and a time line.