donald r raab Wrote:
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> "The Hall of Maat weighing the evidence for
> alternative history".
>
> The gentlemen's name is Graham Hancock and it is a
> primary raison d'etre for this board.

It? The existence of people like Hancock is indeed a primary reason for this board, but the board would still exist if there had been no Hancock.

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> Quite a few of the posters here though do visit
> his site.
>
> This is the place where you will find "hold on to
> Clovis", "no open water sailing", "independent
> development forever". They are about 95 percent
> right in their orthodox view but they are driven
> to be a 100 percent right.

Don, if you are going to insult us, how about sticking to the truth? Who here has said 'hold on to Clovis?' I have never accepted a Clovis barrier, and I don't think anyone else here has either. I would like either evidence for this or an apology.

Ditto 'Independent development forever'. No one claims that. An apology or evidence, please.

I am sure that some people say 'no open water sailing', and that is going to depend upon context. I doubt anyone would say that is true for the 14th century for instance.

>
> How; open sea sailing and Erectus here; at the
> possible dates will play will be interesting.
>
> The initial reaction isn't promising.

Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. I have no problems with the possiblity of Erectus, I just like convincing evidence. And in this case I will agree that lack of evidence doesn't prove that Erectus never reached the Americas.



Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site::
[www.ramtops.co.uk]