Well, here's the archeological evidence that led the author to that
conclusion:
* they had no agricultural technology, i.e. they were hunter gatherers,
this came from their fossilized remains + the remains of their prey
* they were huge, large skulls and bones
* their weapons were huge, designed to take down large game
* they hardly lived past the age of 20, from the bone record, the
author guesses this is because of the riskiness of taking down such
dangerous prey
* they lived right before the end of the ice age
* their prey moved north as it got warmer
* their prey went extinct, probably due to the global warming, which
caused their food source to go away
* the nearest arrival of the next wave of immigrants (mongoloid) came
much much later
* some evidence of cannibalism is present, which may or may not
indicate desperate situation, or it could just indicate some type of
ritual killing
* their short life span created a small birth rate
So, it might not be so far fetched. We will never know for sure of course.
rg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Oh, I agree that there were precursors to the current Native Americans,
> there's a fare amount of evidence, of them, but global warming killing
> them off, really. That's what's silly.
>
> Gonz wrote:
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>>What's silly about it. Its not talking about the native americans that
>>were here when the Europeans arrived. Its talking about their
>>predecessors. How do you explain their archeological remains?
>>
>>rg
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>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>That's just silly...
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>>>Gonz wrote:
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>>>>A book I'm reading right now indicates that the evidence points to these
>>>>first settlers to have been done in by.....drum roll please.... "Global
>>>>Warming". Yup, the melting of the last Ice Age drove all the
>>>>elephant-like creatures and huge jumbo bison further north and
>>>>eventually to extinction. The native humans could not adapt, and they
>>>>died off. Apparently they had no mongoloid features, so they were not
>>>>the same race of people as the later settlers.
>>>>
>>>>rg
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>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>>>I think that describes many "Native American's" quite well There is
>>>>>some evidence that those who emigrated from Asia during the last ice age
>>>>>weren't the first, but it doesn't fit the stereotype so this evidence is
>>>>>sometimes suppressed. The current natives may have actually displaced
>>>>>earlier residents of this continent, thus depriving them of ultimate
>>>>>victim hood. Personally I find victim hood to be a crock, you live
>>>>>with the world you're given, but some people make it their carriers.
>>>>>
>>>>>Brendan MacRae wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>Well, yes, good point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But I was referring to the point of view of Nativists
>>>>>>who claim to be "true Americans," vis-a-vis their
>>>>>>fellow immigrants. The idea that it's "those others"
>>>>>>that endager "us" rather than the point of view of
>>>>>>true Native Americans (to whom all whites were a
>>>>>>threat) which is what you describe. Nativism is,
>>>>>>paridoxically, a construct that doesn't apply to them
>>>>>>since it describes only those who tout a dubious claim
>>>>>>of originality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Brendan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>>>>>I think it has been. Once the Europeans came here,
>>>>>>>Eden became endangered
>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Shel
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>[Original Message]
>>>>>>>>From: Brendan MacRae
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The idea that America is an "endangered
>>>>>>>>Eden." It isn't, of course. It never has been.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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