Writerfella here -- Sure, the Native Americans ...

2007-07-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

Writerfella here --
Sure, the Native Americans lived on these continents as humans would. Nature, after all, is not a cathedral. But consider two matters: 1., Natives have been here for more than 30,000 years (topmost figure science will allow) and EuroMan has been here just over 500 years. Guess which of the two destroyed the balance of nature completely?
And, 2., Natives once numbered 110 millions on the North American continent and EuroMan took from 1492 to 1917 to reach that high a population. But EuroMan claims he found a pristine wilderness. Since 1492, in less than 500 years, that pristine wilderness has gone. Whodunnit?
As far as ostensibly wiping out whole catalogs of animal species, the appearance of humans in the New World only is coincidental to the vanishing of the giant mammals. The last ice age was ending, trapping humans here and causing the devastation of the animals that had adapted to the cold.
If there might exist a possible tie-in between Natives and species disappearance, it would be that Native human populations grew fast enough to need those animals as food. But that would mean science would have to admit to larger Native populations and a much longer presence in the New World, something EuroMan's science (or history) does not want to do.
As to the article writer's stupid remark that animals were slaughtered by Natives in the belief such would be reincarnated, surely ALL NATIVES had that belief, just like ALL NATIVES have 'papoose' and 'squaw' in their languages.
Shoot him, Rob, or I will!
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'

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2007-07-19T09:05:00.000-07:00

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