Unearthing History: 2022 Lecture #1: What Genetics Teaches Us About the Peopling of North America

[@milesruby3271]

Too much focus on race. Not enough substance

[@ryandugal]

Fantastic talk!

[@qui-gonjay2944]

I feel like with the widespread acceptance of the Kelp Highway hypothesis it’s time to dig a little deeper into the Solutrean hypothesis. It’s not racist nor is it trying to discredit native Americans. Stanford and Bradley would tell you exactly that. They were not Europeans and likely had split from the ancient Siberians not that long before. We know that Native Americans were descended from those populations in Asia but to propose that we have it all figured out isn’t really good science. I love Dr. Raff and the book is incredible. Thank you for your hard work.

[@commentary1]

👏🏾👏🏾 thank you all

[@akiranara9392]

As for the First Americans, proto-Japanese Hokkaido had lived in northern part of Japanese archipelago, since 35-30,000 years ago though artifacts only have been found. Ainu aren't indigenous or aborigine at all. They came in 12th century.　Related people for the First Americans are Proto-Japanese Hokkaido（PJH, Hokkaido Sojin）had lived there, northern part of Japanese archipelago, since 35-30,000 years ago though their bones haven' t been found yet. Similar peoples' bones were found in Okinawa, as samples of 36,000~27,000 years ago. On the other hand, their ancestors are famous for crossing sea more than 20km to collect obsidians at Onbase island in Tokyo islands since 38,000 years ago. Any way, it's not Ainu, but Proto-Japanese Hokkaido（PJH）or Hokkaido Sojin as the ancestral candidate people of the First Americans. These're well known matters about Ainu and ancestors, but really very strange of no mentioning from university scholars' side. Footprints 23,000 years ago found last year in New Mexico has completely changed paradigm of human migration hypothesis. Important thing is that the migration to South America wasn't "Express", but slow local. This indicates that humans seem to have started Hokkaido and/or east Siberia in 30,000 years ago and had approached to Beringia little by little in slow local speed, then reached there in around 25,000 years ago. Continued coastal, kelp highway route, migration down to New Mexico and reached by 23,000 years ago. 　sunda-wind.net

[@judd0112]

That’s a theory. There’s lots of theories. Evidence/proof = legitimacy. Some round anchors with holes in the middle don’t mean much. Europeans crossed Atlantic same type of route as pacific route. Settlements are submerged after ice sheets melted and sea level rose