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> I saw this question on Quora and thought it a fine
> one. Much too fine for say Graham Hancock's slurry
> pit, certainly not for the dying and
> unappreciative ATS but suitable for here and the
> Hall of Ma'at.
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> What would be the definition of civilization that
> we could find?
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"Defense Department aims to 'detect, analyze and catalog' UFOs that could pose a threat to national security"
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Lee Olsen
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Paper Lens
From the BBC article:
"Simon Parfitt said: "These are some of the earliest non-stone tools found in the archaeological record of human evolution."
"some of the earliest"??? Let's check on that claim.
The first use of bone tools: A reappraisal of the evidence from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
"Complete bones with tool-generated puncture-marks, previously in
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Lee Olsen
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"Bifaces are typically 80-150mm long, flaked on both faces and knapped to both maximise cutting edges and ergonomic qualities, while minimising overall thickness. At Boxgrove this is achieved by extensive thinning of the tools with the removal of long, fine flakes using a soft-hammer made of bone or antler. "
I agree with this article from years ago. The thinning and long fine flak
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Hans Wrote:
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> A similar situation to chiquihuite lots of stone
> tools, no human remains and date that is 30,000
> 'too old'.
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"In 1991, archaeologists Patrick Julig of Laurentian University and Peter Storck of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto led new expeditions to Sheguiandah, and, arme
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Lee Olsen
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Some comments by Andre Costopoulos
And a link to John Hawks in a reply:
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Lee Olsen
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Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> A few similarities: both are female Herefords,
> both were on leased National Forest land, ...
That should be both were on leased 'public' land. The area around Hampton is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Not that it makes a lot of difference since both the BLM and Forest Servic
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> I found this video on youtube. Very cool!
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Yep, those are the bad guys!
However, there is still a problem. One object shown in the Nature paper (page 5 Fig. 3:I) can't be made by the monkey 'hammer and anvil' method. It is either hominin made or a geofact because it had to h
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Lee Olsen
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Another mutilation in Oregon. This one is receiving national attention on
the wire
just as the 5 bulls last July (2019) that started this topic. But what is of interest is
there were two other mutilations, a cow near Hampton, Oregon (September 2019)
and a bull on the same Fossil ranch (December 2019) that didn't get near the publicity...
so I missed them both at the time.
Mutil
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Polynesian DNA found in Brazil.
If you mean this:
SAA The Magazine of the Society for American Archaeology
Volume 19, No. 5 November 2019 Page 10/11
Y Not a Pacific Migration? Misunderstandings of Genetics in Service to Pseudoscience--- Jennifer A. Raff
> That is a LONG
> way from contact o
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Lee Olsen
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> "Ardelean says [...] “I definitely advocate for the
> idea of lost groups,...”
Since he lost everything (teeth, hair, DNA, identifiable people, and where they came from and how), is there any other possibilities besides a lost group of woolly capuchins?
> I think it's being rumoured that perhaps the artefacts might be the work of capuchin monkeys, or similar.
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"Evidence grows that peopling of the Americas began more than 20,000 years ago"
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Hermione Wrote:
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> > Capuchin monkeys at 2740 masl during the Last
> > Glacial Maximum? You must be kidding. You have
> > probably confounded this report with Pierda
> Furada
> > (another contested Early American site in
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Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> > The Cooper's Ferry site does have unequivocal
> > artifacts, but it also has something in common
> > with Chiquihuite Cave...no human DNA, no human
> > teeth, no human hair, no human s
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By Andrew Curry Jul. 22, 2020 , 11:00 AM
“If it is true people were in Zacatecas by 32,000 years ago, that changes everything—it more than doubles the time people have been in the Americas,” says Oregon State University, Corvallis, archaeologist Loren Davis, who was not part of the research team. But he remains skeptical, in part because he isn’t convinced the artifacts are tools. “I’m not goi
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Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Nature paper free online:
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No back-up independent verification?
"We also attempted to identify ancient human DNA (Homo sp.) from all layers. Our analyses focused on strata with longer occupational con-texts (strata 1204, 1210, 1212 and 1218), for which additional extraction, libraries and sequencing ef
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Another claim for the horse in the Americas is older than Columbus using about the same argument as Dr. Collins; too many horses in to short a time.
"In the early 1800s, the tribe owned thousands of horses.
For Appaloosa breeder Scott Engstrom, an American now living in New Zealand, this didn’t make sense. How could the Nez Perce be in possession of thousands of horses only a century af
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> So the experimental work showed it could be done
> with a wood dugout, but the oral tradition needs
> backup DNA or some unequivocal artifacts to prove
> it.
Here is what I meant by "unequivocal artifacts" to prove it.
Briefly. During the Kennewick Man lawsuit (Archaeologists vs US Gov
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Lee Olsen
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Duncan Craig Wrote:
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> Hello Lee,
> What has Heyerdahls racism to do with the genomic
> evidence?
I wish I'd seen Molle's comments sooner, he explains things a lot better than I can:
"3/ presents a high risk of resurgence of old, and often racist, ideas about the history of the region. "
and his conc
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Hermione Wrote:
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> > > the identity of the sailors, was
> such-and-such
> > a
> > > route feasible?
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Hermione Wrote:
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No matter
> the identity of the sailors, was such-and-such a
> route feasible?
Not with a balsa raft or any known boat from South America, Central America, or Mexico. Here is what is feasible:
"Hokulea has voyaged traditionally since 1976, sailing over 150,000 nautical miles throughout the Pacific."
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SalvoMont Wrote:
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> There are photographs of sturdy chaps carrying
> cars up mountains so it can be done.
Perhaps the photos of people carrying cars over mountains are photoshopped?
1. This ripped squad is doing a lot of work moving the auto such a short distance.
How many times during the day are they going to have to stop f
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Kon Tiki was right after all. Regardless of
> direction.
"The 101-day, 4,300-mile journey came to an abrupt ending on Aug. 7, 1947, after the Kon-Tiki grounded on a reef off Raroia, an atoll in French Polynesia. There were no casualties, but the Kon-Tiki was smashed by waves."
Looks to me like
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Lee Olsen
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Duncan Craig Wrote:
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> Hello Lee,
> What has Heyerdahls racism to do with the genomic
> evidence?
Hi Duncan,
OK, maybe racism is too severe an accusation for those living in his era. Anthropology was just a beginning field then...many professional scholars and laypeople alike didn't know at the time what they were doing
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If there is any similarity between the new DNA evidence and how Heyerdahl arrived at his conclusions it must be purely coincidental.
1. He wasn't the first to propose the connection...see link below:
2.
"Heyerdahl’s valuing of these race nations established a hierarchical order. So-called aspects of high civilization (written language, navigation, societal organization, monument bu
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Hermione Wrote:
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> (Yes, but the car - whether or not its engine is
> working - has wheels ... )
And the majority of cars have axles which require grease or heavy oil which would be the equivelant of lard in ancient times. And even if the engine is not working one can get a cow or a few friends to pull it with a rope.
B
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I'm starting a new thread in Science and Technology because steel (and other modern technology) is being used today in moving extremely heavy objects. During the time Stonehenge was being constructed steel hadn't been invented yet.
What I find interesting is the fact that ancient technology was also used in moving these lighthouses, some things just don't change over time.
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SalvoMont Wrote:
> Current Archaeoogy- a British Archy Magazine will
> carry a feature on this and other aspects in
> Sept/October.
"The authors examine in some detail the complex interactions between senior academics and researchers and the media, on which they are increasingly dependent for the "marketing" of their ideas and the promotion of their careers. F
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SalvoMont Wrote:
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> No need for lard then,
> messy stuff! Good for frying chips in but little
> else.
Before that we had:
Had it not been for the lard buckets (hanging on the covered wagons to grease axles in the 1840s and later) the settlement of the American West would have been slower. The development would have ha
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