--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Rory didn't deal specifically with the issue of > how the Tibetans would have gained seafaring > experience when they don't have a seacoast, which > is what I was asking. > > He did point out that there was a land bridge from > Siberia at various points, but jeepers, that's a > *gigantic* distance. Yes, it is. However, apparently scholars of the Athabascan languages also agree that the Navajo and Apache migrated down into the US Southwest from Alaska (Eskimo is also an Athabascan language, apparently). That is also a pretty fair distance. One presumes they came to Alaska from somewhere, and given the cultural and physical similarities, Tibet would be a fair bet, it appears. I read on the net that DNA tests are underway, but have as yet seen no results. Yes, I did not indicate that Tibet and China were closely connected, except for mentioning Sino-Tibetan -- i.e., Chines-Tibetan, their common language family. 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/
