Yup...I got into an argument with the curator at the Field Museum of Natural history, when in their Native American exhibit, they stated something to the effect that Columbus was the first European to land on North American Soil. I was like no...Leif Ericsson and his crew were the first Europeans to land on North American soil over 500 years before Columbus. He responded with something to the effect of we have to put up what the public wants to see. I responded...no...your job is to educate the public and to correct misconceptions.
Even now, that information may not be correct...many anthropologists believe that Europeans came to North America during the Ice Age and populated the East Coast of the US. The Clovis tool culture originated on the East Coast and bears a strong resemblance to the Solutrean tool Culture of Continental Europe. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: With Columbus Day coming up... This is what I always wonder. Why is it when we have this kind of information, why aren't the textbooks changed? Isn't the idea of a textbook to teach the truth? On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
