Earliest Human Remains Found in US Arctic Reported

I did a search for this topic on here but found nothing. Forgive me if it's already been posted and discussed. I just love these kind of discoveries. Something to ponder.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_sc/us_sci_arctic_child

Just wanted to share as it is a very significant find.

While these bones represent the earliest human remains in the U.S. Arctic, there is evidence people had passed through Alaska earlier. Indeed, human DNA has been extracted from dried excrement deposited in caves in Oregon some 14,300 years ago and the well-known Clovis Culture flourished in parts of the United States 13,000 years ago.

i love reading about this kind of stuff thank you. after reading the article i hope they are able to get the dna sample theyre hoping to get.

Nice find! History is constantly being re-written every day.

reply to post by subliminalsubconcious

Indeed. I hope they are able to as well. The Siberia connection they were able to gather from other factors is also a an interesting find. Further proof that early humans certainly migrated.

The skull they've discovered in an underwater cave in Mexico is thought to be older;
Skull in Underwater Cave May Be Earliest Trace of First Americans (link to ATS thread), 15- 20,000 YBP, but that's not an official dating yet. Both obviously push back the origins of human migration to the Americas past the Clovis culture.

Great read, S&F.

While I don't exactly concur with the mainstream view on early human migration patterns, this is a great read.

This link gives a pretty good idea of what Alaska looked like at the time frame when these bones were deposited;

Paleoindians and the Great Pleistocene Die-Off

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What does prehistoric human pooh look like anyway and how do they recognize it to figure out if it human? I was rather puzzled by the idea that they found pooh and know it has berries in it and Donald Rumsfeld can't find trillions of U.S pentagon money. We need to get some archologist and paleontologist in the White house

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Thank you for that link, Black. Great stuff. I can't help but ponder that early humans did a lot of exploring. Crossing seas and oceans by following migratory birds and such. Who knows exactly who arrived from where first.

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What does prehistoric human pooh look like anyway and how do they recognize it to figure out if it human? I was rather puzzled by the idea that they found pooh and know it has berries in it and Donald Rumsfeld can't find trillions of U.S pentagon money. We need to get some archologist and paleontologist in the White house

Well chalk that up to archeologists knowing what they're doing and Donald Rumsfeld being a clueless jackal.



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I think ancient humans were much more mobile then we tend to give them credit for, they had a good 40- 50,000 year stretch during the Pleistocene in which to migrate to the Americas, which they probably did in many waves hugging the coastlines, the Inuits would be a good example of such a lifestyle of Arctic/ice-age living in and around the water.

Originally posted by OlympusMons
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Thank you for that link, Black. Great stuff. I can't help but ponder that early humans did a lot of exploring. Crossing seas and oceans by following migratory birds and such. Who knows exactly who arrived from where first.

Before they settled into being farmers of any consequence, they roamed at will or at least where the game went.
We sometimes have a problem imagineing those folks treking across continents. Why not? That was their way of self-improvement (looking for a better job!).

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Great find S&F!