Re: Lapita??

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:13:32 +1200

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 04:33:17 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@not.com.au>
wrote:

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>> Trade winds are predominantly easterly. That's all I'm
>> saying...
>
>...which is something I said in the very beginning, and you replied
>with "WRONG".

For Seppo's views on the subject see Message-ID:
<4116E339.68AEAA5C@not.com.au> which gives a good summary.

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Qiwi wrote:
>
> > Seppo Renforswrote:
 ....suffice to explain that ALL
> > weather arrives from the West and goes to the East - and that is
 ALL
> > weather patterns in both hemispheres of the globe. It has to do
 with
> > the rotation of the globe you know.
> >
> > You have everything going against the potential for floating
> > seeds ending up in Polynesia.
> >
> > All the while these weather patterns are moving from the West to
 the
> > East. Therefor they WILL be returned to South America by the winds.
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> This is certainly not backed up by what is known of drift voyages in
> the Pacific.......
> As early as 1861 English ethnologer W.T.Pritchard noted that "It
> is...remarkable that in all the many instances of authenticated
> driftings the course of the drifted canoes has been from east to west
> before the prevailing trade winds."

When you have learned about meteorology, come back then and comment.
Your citation is irrelevant as it is non-specific.

[..]

Whilst some of the rest was a real HOOT, it isn't relevant. 

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SIR - Philosopher unauthorised 
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Eric Stevens

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