DSmith_TheHistorian Posted November 9, 2020 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 23 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted November 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, teddyv said: Oard's claim of a minimum of 60 years for the habitation of North and South America is complete speculation when you read his reasoning. He brings in no third-party research whatsoever, just ad hoc hypotheses. That's an interesting perspective. Have you considered how long it took the American Settler's to travel from east coast to west coast? So, with that consideration in mind, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that 60-years would be plenty of time to migrate, settle, and migrate some more? Travel by animal has been around since the beginning, and even so, travel by foot was very reasonable to make a 60-year venture regardless of the geological and geographic differences. Human beings are able to adapt to their environments and thus are able to manipulate the needs of their travel to make their journey more efficient. I think speculation is needed in certain circumstances to explain and clarify particular historical events. Blessings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyv Posted November 9, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4,264 Content Per Day: 2.94 Reputation: 2,301 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/03/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted November 9, 2020 11 hours ago, DSmith_TheHistorian said: That's an interesting perspective. Have you considered how long it took the American Settler's to travel from east coast to west coast? So, with that consideration in mind, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that 60-years would be plenty of time to migrate, settle, and migrate some more? Travel by animal has been around since the beginning, and even so, travel by foot was very reasonable to make a 60-year venture regardless of the geological and geographic differences. Human beings are able to adapt to their environments and thus are able to manipulate the needs of their travel to make their journey more efficient. I think speculation is needed in certain circumstances to explain and clarify particular historical events. Blessings I think the motivations of the American settlers were a bit different than the first peoples coming from Asia. That said, Oard does not even appear to make a cursory review of the actual archeological record of these peoples as they spread through North, Central, and South America. He does not have to necessarily agree with those timelines, but it would be nice to see bring in some of those studies to better present his position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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