And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The most recent digs show butchering sites with radiometric dating of the bones that push back man's North American presence by another 22,000 years. Cool if it pans out, but I wonder if it would throw out the whole 'land bridge' thesis, which state that migration happened because the glaciers were receding?
Went to the Valley of Fire northeast of Las Vegas. There were drawings on the rocks there that were magnificent. Then some assholes decided to spray graffiti all over them.
The most recent digs show butchering sites with radiometric dating of the bones that push back man's North American presence by another 22,000 years. Cool if it pans out, but I wonder if it would throw out the whole 'land bridge' thesis, which state that migration happened because the glaciers were receding?
ReplyDeleteI read recently butchered bones in the US southwest got it to 37K- as always check my math.
ReplyDeleteI showed my young son some pictures of petroglyphs.
ReplyDeleteGave him a few sharp stones and pointed out some flat rocks nearby,
Been there. Done that. People even took pictures thinking they were real. How do we know some pioneer kid didn't do the same?
DeleteWent to the Valley of Fire northeast of Las Vegas. There were drawings on the rocks there that were magnificent. Then some assholes decided to spray graffiti all over them.
ReplyDeleteThe so called Amerindians weren't the first ones here in North America
ReplyDeleteYeah, but don't tell them that. They'll have a hissy fit and sue you.
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