Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> > Gee, I am so surprised - NOT! Granted humans
> are
> > mobile but by and large the populations
> currently
> > occupying areas are nearly identical to
> those
> > occupying it in ancient times.
>
> With Kennewick Man that certainly was true and
> also here (as a spin off of the lead story):
>
> But also as George pointed out, some of Europe
> looks like a bumper car derby, everyone crashing
> around in chaos. I guess we will just have to wait
> for DNA to sort through more of the ancient
> groups.

And even without dna we know the story about entire continents e.g. N America ,S.America to a lesser degree , Australia . In Asia , millions of Chinese and Indians now live thousands of miles away from where they were born . Check census records , the settled people fantasy applies to a very small minority , it is what people do and always did.