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:::well, to clarify, Dr. Sandstone, there is evidence and theory that *some* indian people may have come by boat.  This is still highly debated, but the Mitochondrial DNA does suggest that about 10% of american indian people have a different "eve" from the rest of the Indian people.  That said, to the extent that people at CP accept the dates (I realize some of us are Young earth creationists), it is the common assumption in anthropology that Indian peoples came via the land bridge in 3 separate waves (dates generally given range from 30,000 years ago to 15000 -- little consensus exists on the date ranges). Michelle--[[User:MHayes|MHayes]] 17:16, 27 August 2008 (EDT)

:::well, to clarify, Dr. Sandstone, there is evidence and theory that *some* indian people may have come by boat.  This is still highly debated, but the Mitochondrial DNA does suggest that about 10% of american indian people have a different "eve" from the rest of the Indian people.  That said, to the extent that people at CP accept the dates (I realize some of us are Young earth creationists), it is the common assumption in anthropology that Indian peoples came via the land bridge in 3 separate waves (dates generally given range from 30,000 years ago to 15000 -- little consensus exists on the date ranges). Michelle--[[User:MHayes|MHayes]] 17:16, 27 August 2008 (EDT)

::::Yes, but my point is merely that while the land bridge migration model has been widely held and taught for some time, there are competing models that have not been dismissed.  Many paleo-anthropologists, actually, are quite comfortable with a model having the Americas populated in many different waves via different means over a long time. -[[User:DrSandstone|DrSandstone]] 17:26, 27 August 2008 (EDT)

::::Yes, but my point is merely that while the land bridge migration model has been widely held and taught for some time, there are competing models that have not been dismissed.  Many paleo-anthropologists, actually, are quite comfortable with a model having the Americas populated in many different waves via different means over a long time. -[[User:DrSandstone|DrSandstone]] 17:26, 27 August 2008 (EDT)