--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Uh, no, I was thinking that the Celts don't seem > > > to, you know, be here any longer. > > > > Seems likely there were only small settlements of Celts here > > (apparently primarily in New England, judging from the Ogham > > inscriptions and megaliths here), and (from the linguistic evidence) > > they probably intermarried with the American Indians along the east > > coast. I have also seen some pretty densely argued scholarly papers > > on the internet ascribing Tibetan antecedents to some of the western > > Indian tribes, providing ample linguistic and cultural evidence to > > prove their case. > > Has anybody done any DNA studies? Something sticks > in my mind having to do with DNA and Native Americans, > but I can't remember what. >
Mitochondria studies would be VERY interesting... > Wait. Tibetans?? How would they have acquired the > necessary sailing skills? Did they have a > tradition of exploration? Would they have been > monkish types, or merchant types? I was thinking there's plenty of evidence of Mongolian precursors, but not of relatively modern Tibetans... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
