tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post1395315561757305375..comments2024-03-17T18:41:00.382-03:00Comments on Patagonian monsters: Calico remains, proof of Homo erectus in AmericaAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389280995003336103noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-90113091636630442092021-05-10T04:48:21.659-03:002021-05-10T04:48:21.659-03:00Sadly too many "orthodox" nay sayers mak...Sadly too many "orthodox" nay sayers make too much money while they "attempt" to explain away history instead of embracing these great works. I have personally recovered in Mariposa county Ca., similar pieces including many, many bifaces that "seem", in my amateur opinion, to mature into more modern man based on find location/topographic erosion. I continue to pray that I will see the day when this Hx is embraced and not dismissed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-718450454272605902021-01-03T12:34:43.359-03:002021-01-03T12:34:43.359-03:00Thanks for the photo. It is surprisingly hard to s...Thanks for the photo. It is surprisingly hard to see photos of tools from Calico. Acheulian hand axe, for sure!pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-37439678310836147082015-11-28T01:01:45.785-03:002015-11-28T01:01:45.785-03:00Hello Austin
Calico site is simply “too old for A...Hello Austin<br /><br />Calico site is simply “too old for America”, for the eyes of the mainstream of archaeology,... so I think it is expected to be denied for much longer, and by any possible form. <br /><br />One of the authors mentioned in your sources, Christopher Hardaker, has also published the “Calico Lithics Photographic Project”, where he analyzes relevant aspects, related to flaking and taphonomical considerations, that suggest that at least the shown lithics, could not have been made by nature in any way. <br />Refering particularly to this material, the lithic assemblage seem to me to have the following reminiscenses;<br />- From the Clactonian, a particular facies of the Acheulian industry in Europe, with few handaxes and mainly based on flakes, whose earliest datings ar as old as 600 Ka. In fact, Calico flakes seem to be sensibly more rudimentary than typical Mode 3 ones (based principally on Levallois method) . Aditionally, some of the notches in them have a well defined identity in the Bordes typology, as “Clactonian “ones<br />- From the so called Denticulate Mousterian, a facies of the Mousterian present in some sites of Europe and Africa since MIS 7 (240 Ka), because of the high proportion of denticulates and notches in most of the material.<br />But, what makes this assemblage somewhat enigmatic, and extremely interesting (at least for me), is the presence of blades...indicative that they applied some sort of laminar technology too... which sometimes may be considered as a sign (among others) of modern behaviour in humans.<br />My opinion, as only an amateur in archaeology, is that they are real tools.<br />Accordingly to the dated geological context, which seems to be undisputed, I agree with you that this site is likely to be inhabited by the last H. Erectus, coming from Asia via the Behring Strait. <br />At this respect, the mean depth of this strait is about 37 m, so a minimum conservative sea level in the range of -50/-55 meters, would allow the terrestrial passing. In every Pleistocene climatic cycle, there has been several time windows (during the interstadial stages) in which this sea level requirement was complemented with the other needed requirement, a path reasonably free from ice.<br /> So H. Erectus could perfectly enter into America during a convenient stage, perhaps before the Illinoian (or Riss for europeans) glaciation (190- 130 Ka). <br />Furthermore, if we consider that they could have had some skilling in navigation, as you suggested in other post, they could do the travel with even higher sea levels (chronologically closer to the previous interglacial period), with an inherently warmer climate, by “jumping into islands”. As the latter mentioned was the presumable way the first xenarthrans entered in North America via Panamá Strait in the Late Miocene, well before the land pass was fully consolidated,... why not consider similar possibility for humans through Behring Strait?<br /><br />It is right to say that this same reasoning could apply to H. Sapiens (or even archaic H. Sapiens) too, but only during the Wisconsin glaciation (85 – 11 Ka).<br /><br /><br />I include the link of the referred site; (same link as in your sources, but to the home page)<br />http://calico.earthmeasure.com/<br /><br />Your site is really interesting.<br />Best regards<br />Marcelo Bruyere, from Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Marcelo Bruyerenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-19024999969191450632012-01-27T06:41:31.293-03:002012-01-27T06:41:31.293-03:00Too bad science is burying almost as much evidence...Too bad science is burying almost as much evidence as they are excavating. If these tools were found in Africa no one would be saying nature made them. <br /><br />So there were people in America atleast 200,000 years ago. Figures. Like I always thought, Kennewick man is the tip of the ice berg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-82195562241912376772012-01-10T10:11:14.606-03:002012-01-10T10:11:14.606-03:00Thanks for your comment. It is a pity that orthodo...Thanks for your comment. It is a pity that orthodox science does not support our point of view!<br />AustinAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389280995003336103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137409915847697670.post-80183945189145716532012-01-09T11:39:17.596-03:002012-01-09T11:39:17.596-03:00they are clearly man-made. nature does not produce...they are clearly man-made. nature does not produce stones like that. Natural stones are often rounded by rolling in a river for thousands of years or even from being in an ocean at times. They are specifically chipped into arrowhead type shapes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com