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[ila]

Originally Posted by Ogryn1313

Ila, wasn't this how the Native American's entered this continent, an epic migration from one to the other via land bridge? Or am I mistaken?

The theory is that there was a migration from Asia to the Americas across a land bridge where the Bering Sea is now. I don't know whether it could be classified as an epic migration or just a migration of small groups over a long period of time. In my mind an epic migration would be the movement of a large group of people over a long distance in a short space of time. I don't know if the populating of the Americas was done in this fashion or not.

The alternate to the migration theory is from the Natives themselves which say that they were always in the Americas and did not migrate here from anywhere else.

[Ogryn1313]

Originally Posted by ila

The theory is that there was a migration from Asia to the Americas across a land bridge where the Bering Sea is now. I don't know whether it could be classified as an epic migration or just a migration of small groups over a long period of time. In my mind an epic migration would be the movement of a large group of people over a long distance in a short space of time. I don't know if the populating of the Americas was done in this fashion or not.

The alternate to the migration theory is from the Natives themselves which say that they were always in the Americas and did not migrate here from anywhere else.

Thank you. It's been a long time since school so I forgot much. I agree with what you think. A series of small groups over time seems more logical than a mass exodus. A mass exodus would likely need a reason to move yes? So what could that be then? A massive war? Famine, disease, some other thing? No evidence of this. So it's likely small groups over time moved for various reasons. Perhaps a small tribe fled from conflict with another. Or most likely it was just man's natural curiosity.

The alternate theory is also quite likely. They may well have always been here.

[sesame]

I saw a documentary which showed the migration of early American Indians during an Ice Age. Their hunting grounds were shrinking so they were forced to migrate. In the beginning, they were like Eskimos and primarily lived on seals and marine fish. They travelled in kayaks made of stretched leather and used animal bones and flint stones for weapons. I am very much fascinated by the ancient wisdom and hunting skills of the Red Indians and Aztecs.
Castaneda states that the stone artifacts found in some of the Mexican sites are 10,000 years old. It may be true.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

Originally Posted by sesame

Castaneda states that the stone artifacts found in some of the Mexican sites are 10,000 years old. It may be true.

You know there are stone artifacts found in Africa, Europe and Asia that pre date homo sapiens. Stone artifacts in Ethiopia date from 2.6 million years ago.

[Marine_N41_432]

Originally Posted by ila

The theory is that there was a migration from Asia to the Americas across a land bridge where the Bering Sea is now. I don't know whether it could be classified as an epic migration or just a migration of small groups over a long period of time. In my mind an epic migration would be the movement of a large group of people over a long distance in a short space of time. I don't know if the populating of the Americas was done in this fashion or not.

The alternate to the migration theory is from the Natives themselves which say that they were always in the Americas and did not migrate here from anywhere else.

Ther's some recent archaelogical eveidence of neolithic North American settlements which tends to support the second idea, but the first still holds good because of the geological evidence and the fact that North & South American Indians have certain Mongoloid features. It is also said that Tupac indians have a language with many features in common with Chinese, but this might just be fanciful thinking or some pushy academic trying to make a name for himself !