Wrong way.

Heyerdahl's proposal was a migration of Polynesians from the Americas
west into the Pacific.

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:49:34 +0200, "P van Rijckevorsel"
wrote:

Edgar Davies schreef
But so what? To me the New World is the Americas.

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

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That was (and probably is) the controversial question
DAGS on Thor Heyerdahl
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:02:14 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

This has been claimed. See :

Dillehay T D, Tracking the first Americans, Nature 2003; 425: 23-24

González-José R, et al, Craniometric evidence for Palaeoamerican survival
in Baja California, Nature 2003; 425: 62-65

Also there was another claim regarding a single skull, named Luzia from
South America (can't find the exact reference) which was also claimed to
be of possible Asian origin.

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I've read Dillehay. Can't see any reference to Polynesians keeping
going and reaching the Americas. It's all Behring Straits stuff.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:19:28 +0100, Gautam Majumdar
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:02:14 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

This has been claimed. See :

Dillehay T D, Tracking the first Americans, Nature 2003; 425: 23-24

González-José R, et al, Craniometric evidence for Palaeoamerican survival
in Baja California, Nature 2003; 425: 62-65

Also there was another claim regarding a single skull, named Luzia from
South America (can't find the exact reference) which was also claimed to
be of possible Asian origin.

I've read Dillehay. Can't see any reference to Polynesians keeping
going and reaching the Americas. It's all Behring Straits stuff.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:19:28 +0100, Gautam Majumdar
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:02:14 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

This has been claimed. See :

Dillehay T D, Tracking the first Americans, Nature 2003; 425: 23-24

González-José R, et al, Craniometric evidence for Palaeoamerican survival
in Baja California, Nature 2003; 425: 62-65

Also there was another claim regarding a single skull, named Luzia from
South America (can't find the exact reference) which was also claimed to
be of possible Asian origin.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:49:37 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:19:28 +0100, Gautam Majumdar
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:02:14 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

This has been claimed. See :

Dillehay T D, Tracking the first Americans, Nature 2003; 425: 23-24

González-José R, et al, Craniometric evidence for Palaeoamerican
survival in Baja California, Nature 2003; 425: 62-65

Also there was another claim regarding a single skull, named Luzia from
South America (can't find the exact reference) which was also claimed to
be of possible Asian origin.

[Top posting corrected]

I've read Dillehay. Can't see any reference to Polynesians keeping going
and reaching the Americas. It's all Behring Straits stuff.

Found the reference for Luzia. See :

Holden C, Australasian Roots Proposed For 'Luzia', Science 1999; 286:
1467

See also : http://www.antiquityofman.com/Palaeoindian_origins.html

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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:49:37 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:19:28 +0100, Gautam Majumdar
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:02:14 +0100, Edgar Davies wrote:

Or are you suggesting that there is evidence that the Polynesians kept
going and reached the Americas?

This has been claimed. See :

Dillehay T D, Tracking the first Americans, Nature 2003; 425: 23-24

González-José R, et al, Craniometric evidence for Palaeoamerican
survival in Baja California, Nature 2003; 425: 62-65

Also there was another claim regarding a single skull, named Luzia from
South America (can't find the exact reference) which was also claimed to
be of possible Asian origin.

[Top posting corrected]

I've read Dillehay. Can't see any reference to Polynesians keeping going
and reaching the Americas. It's all Behring Straits stuff.

Found the reference for Luzia. See :

Holden C, Australasian Roots Proposed For 'Luzia', Science 1999; 286:
1467

See also : http://www.antiquityofman.com/Palaeoindian_origins.html

--

Gautam Majumdar

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