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6. Well, there's a can of worms for certain ...

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 01:59 PM

Aug 2015

not my area of specialty, but I get the impression that NA linguistic history is even more hotly debated than NA origins. See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas#Origins

I'm not expecting any simple answers to this puzzle.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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Researchers suggest another ancestry for Native Americans (Boston Globe) [View all] eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 OP

The Pacific is vast... malthaussen Aug 2015 #1

Fascinating. eom BlueMTexpat Aug 2015 #2

I believe it. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #3

There's a lot of European DNA in the noreastern tribes starroute Aug 2015 #4

It Doesn't Explain the Languages Leith Aug 2015 #5

Well, there's a can of worms for certain ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #6

I met a Brazilian that once called me Matey. DeadEyeDyck Aug 2015 #7

Information loss. Igel Aug 2015 #8

That was quite a mini-lesson in linguistic origins. :) eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #12

"when two ice sheets covering much of North and South America separated" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #10

I missed this ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #11