15 to 30,000 for the first wave. There's evidence that the Dorset culture (an ancient Eskimo tribe) was in the arctic around 25,000 years ago, while some archeological sites in Alaska and the Yukon have been dated over 35,000 years old.
larry At 01:52 PM 1/14/03 -0500, you wrote: >Well the native Americans supposedly were Asiatic peoples that crossed the >ice bridge from what is now Russia to Alaska correct? > >So one way or the other Asians found this place first right? > >Has there ever been evidence of people here as long ago as in places in >Africa and the middle east? > >Tim > >-----Original Message----- >From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:51 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > > Discovered for who? > > > > Did Columbus discover America? Yes, but just for Western Europe. The > > land was always there, some people didn't know, those who > > found it told > > others about, and thus they discovered it. > > > > It is all a game of perspective, if the Chinese found it but > > didn't tell > > anybody, then the Columbus discovered it, but if the Chinese told > > everybody, then they discovered it. > >Didn't the Vikings get to North America? > >If so, they "discovered" if before any of the others > >Then again, the Native American Indians already knew it was there, as >they we living there > >Oh look, I've just discovered this chair I'm sitting on :-P > >Philip Arnold >Technical Director >Certified ColdFusion Developer >ASP Multimedia Limited >Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 >Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > >www.aspmedia.co.uk >www.aspevents.net > >An ISO9001 registered company. > >********************************************************************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >the system manager. >********************************************************************** > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
