Now, there is no doubt that the Polynesians got to South America long before
anyone thinks they did.
Now, Columbus never made it to North America at all. Vikings were here long
before most folks give them credit for. They lived because they weren't out
to convert or kill those "dirty heathens."
Now, I've never figured out why folks think the Chinese were the folks who
came over the Bering Straights. The only even vague similarities to
language are those of the Aluet and the other Arctic Circle folks. No
definitive link to any Asian languages or European languages.
Plus, the 13,000 years is now known to be wrong since the findings in Chile
which are dated at about 35,000 years. And then you have the DNA from some
of the folks on the West Coast which are totally unique and different than
other tribes.
Of course, my own folks (currrently dated at minimum 10,000 years in CA)
whose only similar linguistics are from the East Coast. Only one other
small group on the West Coast (next door neighbors, so to speak <g>).
So, go figure but we don't have any redheads, so I think you'll have to
dismiss the Viking connections <g>
Lynda
Lynda
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From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
No, the new anthropolgy shows that Europeans (probable Viking ) were the
actual 'first' inhabitants. Lynda will ex-plain it better........ ;-)