Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes solve mystery of great Pacific odyssey

markovic_at_io.com
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:56:33 +0500

In article <40D9BFC7.7315A319@trends.ca>, Yuri Kuchinsky
<yuku@trends.ca> wrote:

> Linguistic evidence can never prove anything (outside of
> linguistics, that is). At best, such evidence can only
> _suggest_ some things, which then need to be proven by hard
> physical evidence, such as archaeological.

the physical evidence is also fragmentary. consolidating that
information into a historical theory is always a matter of conjecture,
not proof as it might exist in other disciplines.

don't be such an ameteur.

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