Re: First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says

On Feb 11, 8:59 am, "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The oldest human bones found in a North American site belonged to
Arlington Man (actually woman) found on Santa Rosa Island and dated to
13,000 ybp. The Channel Islands are an area of Chumash occupation.

First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
February 2, 2007
<snip>
The DNA was extracted from a 10,300-year-old tooth found in a cave on
Prince of Wales Island off southern Alaska in 1996.
<snip>

Date on Arlington Springs human remains found on Santa Rosa island:
10,970 +/- 80 BP (12,980 cal BP).
Age given by Kemp, et al. for origin of genetic marker found in
On-Your-Knees-Cave human remains:
10,300 to about 18,000 years.
Age given by Kemp, et al. for a suite of North american genetic
markers:
about 13,400 years.
( part of a range of about 8,000 to about 20,000 years old,
at a 95% confidence interval).
Kemp, et al. state that they are reluctant to put an exact date on
human immigration into the Americas.

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Daryl Krupa

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