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Title: Amazing Find in Volcanic Ash-The fossils of human footprints preserved in volcanic ash may do nothing short of rewriting history.
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URL Source: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/pa ... p?name=fte/footprint/footprint
Published: Jul 13, 2005
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Post Date: 2005-07-13 07:38:03 by gengis gandhi
Keywords: footprints, preserved, rewriting
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Amazing Find in Volcanic Ash The fossils of human footprints preserved in volcanic ash may do nothing short of rewriting history. Found in an abandoned quarry near Puebla, Mexico about 80 miles southeast of Mexico City, the footprints--definitively shown to be human--number in the hundreds. A third of them were made by children. Using radiocarbon testing, optically stimulated luminescence and several other testing methods, an international team led by researchers at Liverpool's John Moores University has shown that the footprints are about 38,000 years old. In what is sure to be a controversial conclusion, the scientists have determined that human settlers arrived in the Americas some 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, report the BBC News and New Scientist. What's more, they arrived by sea and not by foot. "It's going to be an archaeological bomb, and we're up for a fight," lead researcher and geoarchaeologist Dr. Silvia Gonzalez told the BBC News. It's currently believed that the first settlers arrived about 11,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. This is called the Clovis First model. Preserved as trace fossils in volcanic ash along what was once the shoreline of a volcanic lake, the footprints became as solid as concrete since they were covered in ash and lake sediments and then buried under water. Gonzalez is convinced the prints are 38,000 years old based on dating of the footprint layer, as well as the layers below and on top of the prints. "Some lake sediments were incorporated into the ash and were baked. They look like small fragments of brick and these were the ones we dated in the footprint layer. They gave us a result of 38,000 years," Gonzalez explained to the BBC News. Co-investigator David Huddart says the existence of these footprints means the Clovis First model is no longer the first evidence of human beings in North America. Not everyone is convinced. Dr. Michael Faught, an expert in early American archaeology, told the BBC, "It would be significant if it were demonstrated, but usually those (early) sites don't hold up well." One mystery still to be solved: From where did these Mexican settlers come? They may have come from southeast Asia or even Australia. Gonzalez thinks they arrived on the west coast in boats. She believes this group of early settlers, who were likely highly mobile hunters living in small groups, eventually became extinct and left no genetic legacy. "If true, this would completely change our view of how and when the Americas were first colonized," Chris Stringer, head of human origins at the Natural History Museum in London, told New Scientist. The study findings will be published in the Quaternary Science Review. http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/footprint/footprint Back to top
Poster Comment: as I have said, history is completely been rewritten to fit the desires of those who seek to maintain control. the ironic thing is that both creationists and evolutionists believe man came from slime, somehow. try genetic engineering
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even then it was a problem...
Whenever people ask me, 'hey, you know what you should do? I always say 'What? Buy a monkey?'
I've been reseaching that possibility for about 20 years. The more I read and find,the more I think it's a very good possibility and an extremely viable theory. I don't intend to offend certain folks....but it just makes sense and I'm keeping an open mind about it.
It's always been fairly obvious to me that people have been on N. America for at least 45K years. Native oral history records the event that created Meteor Crater in AZ and that's about it's age.
Hey, look at that cute little critter...Yaaaa! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!!!
That's been the theory for years and now there's some physical evidence to support it. BTW there are significant linguistic similarities both spoken and written between the ancient "Naga-Mayas" of India and the Maya of Mexico and Central America.
These ones watching the volcano erupt, definitely.
If the Americas were mono-racial with highly similar languages, the Siberian theory might have merit. Even in Alaska, you have Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts. Clearly the Athabascan Indians migrated south, becoming Navajos. The rest doesn't fit. Science does its best to be a bully.
Say what you will about science, but it is still gathering data and slowly but surely reforming its conclusions to be more consistent with the actual evidence. It's not perfect, but it beats the alternatives by a mile.
it is the theory that is the most plausible. and I may be wrong, but an honest person has to go with whatever theory seems most likely. a fascinating book is The Sirius Mystery by Robert Temple. Temple has evidence that many of the ancient civilizations were actually seeded with knowledge from a race originating from the sirius star system. For example, the Dogon people, a very primitive tribe, had evidence of sirius' orbit, and also a dark sister star called sirius B, that only within the last thirty years was 'discovered' when 'scientists' had the technology to do so. There are others, egyptian, babylonian, who feature the sirian lore. Additionally, many of the myths involve being taught by amphibious humanoid beings, this includes Greek, Chinese, Babylonian and others. These humanoid beings were very wise, it is said, knowing just about anything. These beings, to me, sound similar to the concept of the fallen angels referred to in the bible. The 'old man of the sea' and mermaids are references to these beings, so Temple writes. Temple is no slouch. The guy is with the Royal Astronomical Society, and has like a paragraph of academic titles behind his name. Interestingly, Temple was invited to become a freemason, I can't remember the degree, but it was pretty high for an initiate, right off the bat. They were 'impressed' with his research.....Temple refused, because if he did, he would be revealed 'secrets' but could no longer discuss them. They wanted him to silence this, apparently. One of temples references involves amphibious beings holding a compass and a squaring type device. an excellent book, but Temple is a bit wordy...he is an intellectual after all.
Whenever people ask me, 'hey, you know what you should do? I always say 'What? Buy a monkey?'
From where did these Mexican settlers come?
#2. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
try genetic engineering
#3. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#4. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
What's more, they arrived by sea and not by foot.
Yez, Baaz!
#5. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
eventually became extinct
It's not a nightmare, it's a truthmare.
#6. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#7. To: SKYDRIFTER (#6)
~~Blaise Pascal (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Physicist, 1623-1662)
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