Re: archaeological find in Oregon

SHICKLEY@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
Mon, 28 Oct 96 14:18:40 EST

>In article <myers-ya023180001710961752260001@netnews.netaxs.com>
>myers@netaxs.com (Paul Myers) writes:
>
>>
>>In article <keith.178.000BB5EB@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za>,
>>keith@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za (Keith Norris) wrote:
>>
>>> In article <lmwilson.1.000DA475@sky.lakeheadu.ca>
>>lmwilson@sky.lakeheadu.ca (Wilson Lynn) writes:
>>> >From: lmwilson@sky.lakeheadu.ca (Wilson Lynn)
>>> >Subject: archaeological find in Oregon
>>> >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:25:46 Local
>>> >Keywords: skull Caucasian Aboriginal
>>>
>>> >Did anyone hear the news item on CBC National News on Sunday Oct. 13.
>>It was
>>> >about a skeleton that was found in Oregon which was dated around 9,000 B.C.
>>> >The catch was that this skull was found to be Caucasian in origin! Does
>>> >anyone have any info re this controversial find?
>>>
>>> How the hell did they know? It is extremely difficult to tell EXTANT races
>>> apart merely from skulls, let alone EXTINCT ones.
>>>
>>
>>I heard a few more details about this one. The skull has Caucasian
>>_characteristics_, which apparently are not unheard of in the native
>>peoples in that area. As Mr. Norris notes, you can't positively identify
>>race 100% of the time from just a skull, although you can make approximations.
>>
>>--
>>Paul Myers Department of Biology
>>myers@netaxs.com Temple University
>>http://fishnet.bio.temple.edu/ Philadelphia, PA 19122
>There was a news item in last week's issue of Science about this.
>The skeleton was well enough preserved that a lab is extracting
>tissue from a finger and doing reverse PCR. The sequence data from
>the mitochondrial DNA should allow identification of the nearest
>living "tribal" or "racial" relatives and other information relative
>to population drift. Data analysis should be done by the end of the
>month. In the words of the editors of Science..."Stay tuned!"
>
>T. Shickley
>_______________________________________________________________________
>TIM SHICKLEY, PH.D. SHICKLEY@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
>ASST. PROF. ANATOMY/CELL BIO.
>SCHOOL OF MEDICINE VOICE: (215) 707-2920
>TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FAX: (215) 707-2966
>3400 N. BROAD ST.
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>
>From: SHICKLEY@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
>Path: VM.TEMPLE.EDU!SHICKLEY
>Newsgroups: sci.anthropology.paleo
>Subject: Re: archaeological find in Oregon
>Message-ID: <1782EC946S86.SHICKLEY@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
>Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 14:18:40 EST
>Organization: Temple University
>References: <lmwilson.1.000DA475@sky.lakeheadu.ca> <keith.178.000BB5EB@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za> <myers-ya023180001710961752260001@netnews.netaxs.com>
>
>In article <myers-ya023180001710961752260001@netnews.netaxs.com>
>myers@netaxs.com (Paul Myers) writes:
>
>>
>>In article <keith.178.000BB5EB@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za>,
>>keith@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za (Keith Norris) wrote:
>>
>>> In article <lmwilson.1.000DA475@sky.lakeheadu.ca>
>>lmwilson@sky.lakeheadu.ca (Wilson Lynn) writes:
>>> >From: lmwilson@sky.lakeheadu.ca (Wilson Lynn)
>>> >Subject: archaeological find in Oregon
>>> >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:25:46 Local
>>> >Keywords: skull Caucasian Aboriginal
>>>
>>> >Did anyone hear the news item on CBC National News on Sunday Oct. 13.
>>It was
>>> >about a skeleton that was found in Oregon which was dated around 9,000 B.C.
>>> >The catch was that this skull was found to be Caucasian in origin! Does
>>> >anyone have any info re this controversial find?
>>>
>>> How the hell did they know? It is extremely difficult to tell EXTANT races
>>> apart merely from skulls, let alone EXTINCT ones.
>>>
>>
>>I heard a few more details about this one. The skull has Caucasian
>>_characteristics_, which apparently are not unheard of in the native
>>peoples in that area. As Mr. Norris notes, you can't positively identify
>>race 100% of the time from just a skull, although you can make approximations.
>>
>>--
>>Paul Myers Department of Biology
>>myers@netaxs.com Temple University
>>http://fishnet.bio.temple.edu/ Philadelphia, PA 19122
>There was a news item in last week's issue of Science about this.
>The skeleton was well enough preserved that a lab is extracting
>tissue from a finger and doing reverse PCR. The sequence data from
>the mitochondrial DNA should allow identification of the nearest
>living "tribal" or "racial" relatives and other information relative
>to population drift. Data analysis should be done by the end of the
>month. In the words of the editors of Science..."Stay tuned!"
>
>T. Shickley
>_______________________________________________________________________
>TIM SHICKLEY, PH.D. SHICKLEY@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
>ASST. PROF. ANATOMY/CELL BIO.
>SCHOOL OF MEDICINE VOICE: (215) 707-2920
>TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FAX: (215) 707-2966
>3400 N. BROAD ST.
>PHILA., PA 19140
>-------------------------Standard Disclaminers Apply------------------
>
>