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8. Professor Reich had in this book that humans reached the Americas via the land bridge and boats ....

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 09:56 PM

Apr 2021

... to what is now Alaska but the glacial ice age ice caused them to be stuck so most of them migrated south along the
coast but some of the ice melted in central Alaska allowing a north to south passage that allowed migration too.

It would be interesting to look @ the age of the DNA on the genomes that scientists found on native people in S. America.

Great Book but it took me a long time to read and understand just parts of it.

BTW the Shawnee speaker told us that their people had at on time been in what is now Florida
and the Swanee River got its name from the Shawnee.

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They came over on boats to South America not the land bridge to present day Alaska Botany Apr 2021 #1

Looks like there were multiple routes wnylib Apr 2021 #5

About 25 years ago I heard a Shawnee person speaking of his tribe's oral history and he said that .. Botany Apr 2021 #6

That's interesting, but I'm a bit skeptical. Before being wnylib Apr 2021 #7

Professor Reich had in this book that humans reached the Americas via the land bridge and boats .... Botany Apr 2021 #8

The origin of the name for the Suwannee River wnylib Apr 2021 #9

Stuff Botany Apr 2021 #11

Regarding what the Shawnee person told you, wnylib Apr 2021 #12

Are you in Meadville? Botany Apr 2021 #13

No, I am in western NY state now, but wnylib Apr 2021 #14

Like a spreading virus, multigraincracker Apr 2021 #2

Looking forward so much to new articles on this. It's the first I've heard. Thank you! ⭐️ Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #3

What about the recent evidence of wnylib Apr 2021 #4

It was really thought-provoking reading the markers extend to the interior of Brazil in the article. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #10