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Re: CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT? How ridiculous!
Phillip E Werst (banjo@selway.umt.edu)
Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:14:15 -0700
On 29 Nov 1996, Ed Conrad wrote:
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> Whoever came up with the theory that man arrived in
> North America by crossing the Bering Strait is certainly a prime
> candidate for science's Dunce of the Century Award.
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> Let's be realistic and use a little common sense!
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> What tribal leaders, in their right mind -- from wherever they were --
> would search for ``greener pastures" by heading so far north?
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> True, they may not have realized they were heading north (assuming
> there were no maps or compasses), but they'd soon realize it was
> getting colder and more hostile the further they traveled.
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> Why would they continue? Why would they start off in the first place?
> How would they know that -- if they ever completed their trip --
> they'd be much better off than they were before?
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> What would they have done for food? Once their supply of food was
> exhausted, what did they eat? Where did they find the additional food
> they most certainly would have had to have?
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> How about the trip itself? If it happened (which it obviously didn't),
> how did they protect themselves from the elements? After all, even if
> they made the trip in record time, they'd have spent many, many
> nine-to-10-month ``winters" in a most hostile environment.
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> This litany of absurdities could go on and on.
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> The plain and simple fact is that it never happened.
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> Let the scientists who cling to this ridiculous idea give it a try to
> prove their point that it IS possible. But let them make the trip
> without themal clothing, battery-powered heaters, a stockpile of food,
> directional finders, etc., etc., etc.
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> May then -- ONLY then -- they would realize how prepostrous
> the theory is.
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> As I've said, all it takes is a bit of common sense to realize that
> the earliest man to inhabit of North America certainly didn't make
> the trip by cossing the Bering Strait.
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> Naturally, such a ridiculous theory was originally presented because
> of an inability by the scientific community to explain man's presence
> on the North American continent.
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> It was just one of many flights of fantasy by dreams and hallucinators
> who think, while you can fool some of the people all of the time and
> all of the people some of the time, you can't fool all of the people
> all of the time.
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Um didn't they cross the Bering Strait on account of them following their
major food source? I.E. Mammoths and Bison and other wild game. And
maybee would the fact that they were following herd of game give them
enough food for the voyage? And (stop me if you heard this one) don't you
figure that skins from mammoths might be thick enough to keep some of
those nasty hostile elements out?
Phillip
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