“The Fertile Shore” story of the first people to inhabit the Americas. A new idea which is trying to account for the fact the first people in this continent came long before the conventional ideas stated. Instead of walking over the “land bridge” the first peoples probably came by boat and they came to the area which I live. This area in what is now western British Columbia and Washington State is known as the Salish Sea (Salish is the name of a predominant native tribe). [britannica.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The way the educational system is run in this country I would not be surprised by any historical so called facts being wrong. Written history is a scam and mostly propaganda.
LeeSpaner
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Jan 8, 2020
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I don't believe they are outright scams. Simply people working with the evidence at the time. Things do change as more evidence is found and interpreted. For instance: my field is history and when I was in the University a lot of historians had to spend time in archives shifting through tons of information. Now things have been scanned and one can get more detailed information in much quicker time so it is easier to come to different conclusions than in the past.
I'm hopeful that eventually technology will permit much more fruitful underwater archeology. Although the article mentions some sites where the ancient coastline has been raised, one has to think that the vast majority of likely coastal settlements are submerged. Given the patterns of initial migrations favoring coastlines for the easy access to marine resources, no doubt the richest finds lay somewhere offshore. Bring on the robot archaeologists!
MrJoyBoy
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Jan 4, 2020
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Thanks for this. I checked it out and this is a part of archeology. [en.wikipedia.org]
There were at least 3 waves of "first peoples". The 1) Alaska connection is the one everybody is most familiar with; 2) a migration from Southern France (Clovis tradition);following the edge of the northern ice sheet; and 3) probably a migration by sea from Micronesia to Central and South America.
Good artifact evidence, as well as dna evidence.
t1nick
Level 8
Jan 3, 2020
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I think of Asian and Native Americans as the same people. They must have been superb boat people to cover that distance!
brentan
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Jan 3, 2020
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The essay went on to show how the genetics of the two tribes changed and became different.
This information is all great.. but the elephant in the room is ...talk to the native people who have kept the history and passed it on. p
AmmaRE007
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Jan 3, 2020
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My question would be how did they pass it on. I don't think there is any written history and mostly oral traditions. Over time, this can vary over time. There is a great native American museum in Vancouver BC (part of the University of BC) and there would be a good place to see how the history evolved and spread. [tourismvancouver.com]
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