Annals of Human Genetics doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00293.x Volume 0 Issue 0 Genetic Change in the Polynesian Population of Easter Island: Evidence from Alu...
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Paul will be interested in this: Today I learned that the earliest Chinese dragon image was a mosaic creation in shells (plus mud presumably) found in a grave...
Robin, I think you're referring to the Yangshao culture. The shell images have been interpreted as a crocodile (dragon) and tiger or wolf. Here is a pic: ...
http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/WhenWasNewZealandFirstSettled/en Per pollen, rat bones & DNA about 1300 I assume that's when most of...
... http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/WhenWasNewZealandFirstSettled/en ... According to the article the rats may have arrived (with...
Thanks Paul, sorry for error, I'd just skimmed the article and thought to pass it on. I just finished skimming some of the Santos texts online, about supposed...
... If Santos simply left the blond blue-eyed stuff out, his work would be much more viable. I've always thought there wasn't enough information to locate ...
I agree with your statements... In my speculations on H erectus, I see a possibility of blue eyes as a part of a coastal diving culture, but I tend to think ...
New Frontiers documentary in China reported that the Easter Islanders hunted dolphin in deep offshore waters until they ran out of wood to build their boats....
... Islanders hunted dolphin in deep offshore waters until they ran out of wood to build their boats. After that dolphin bones do not appear in the middens. ...
... Dolphin (mammals) turn up frequently at shell midden sites in the Pacific Rim and some other areas. I'll have to dig through my notes but in some cases it...
Lamak The Easter Islanders were eating the mamal dolphin. I know about the confusion with mahi mahi fish. Robin Day China ... Now you can have a huge leap...
I've heard that Jared Diamond's Book Collapse mentions about the dolphins & midden of Rapa Nui. I think that some south American tribes buried dolphins, maybe...
... "Hall of Maat" to me is a very pro-Western academy, 'keep everything under control' kind of forum. Basically they through anything that challenges their...
Paul, I agree. When I mentioned that Egypt's Giza pyramids and Israel's Herod's temple may have both been built with large stone blocks transported by ...
... you sent (technical problems here) but the documentary shows the mosaics in the burial pit. I did not catch the date of the burial from the commentator....
... Probably a relative of either Canis lupus chanco or Canis lupus pallipes domesticated either in South China or northern Indochina. Regards, Paul Kekai...
... My bet is that they were first brought in as pets -- orphaned pups/cubs raised and possibly suckled by humans. Actually it's not unusual in this area or at...
... Yeah, lots of different animals are kept as pets. Humans seem to have contagious domestication habits, we try to adopt anything that moves, even pet rocks!...
The keys theories about dog domestication are by Stephen Budiansky. They should be available in your area. He suggests they attached themselves to bands of...
http://www.chauvet-translation.com/florafauna.htm He mentions (191, last page) stone spatulas uses by Melanesians in New Zealand before arrival of Polynesians....
Dean I can't open that site you posted but stone "spatula" is prob. an approximation. Perhaps these are the the war clubs in New Zealand, sort of this spatula...
Robin & Paul, are either of these uses of spatulas common in Pacific food gathering? (Robin, I'm Dave or DD) http://www.chauvet-translation.com/florafauna.htm...
... A "lime spatula" is found in the Pacific, but is used to scrape lime (made from clam shells) and crushed betel (areca) nut from betel containers. There are...
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