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As a polyglot I'd love to hear what their language was like. We really have no idea past the Sumerians what ANY language looked or sounded like. What a loss!
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Good point... My guess is, given the opportunity, Kennewick Man would have exchanged his spear for one of the mentioned firearms in short-order.He had a rough life. Six broken ribs, dents to his head, bad shoulder, and a Cascade point permanently lodged in his hip. It gives some insight into how tough the times were.
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No malaria in Americas until brought by European settlers. Malaria had spread from Africa to Mediterranean and Britain by the time of Columbus. Was already endemic in eastern north America by the time English settlers arrived there. Many African tribes had some resistance to malaria via one dose of the gene for sickle cell anemia. Two doses gives the disease, alas.unfortunately, sounds like me. 30+ broken bones. No arrowhead in my hip though.
I'd stay away from the river to avoid malaria in my dugout.
Unclear what "that" refers to. If 600 lb roaches, correct. No insect was ever that big. If dragonflies with 28" wingspans wrong. there are fossils.I looked into it a bit. Nothing ever existed that large. Still creeps me out just thinking about it.
The fact the wife and I watched the movie "Love and Monsters" over the weekend might have heightened the cringe.
Yes, the roaches.Unclear what "that" refers to. If 600 lb roaches, correct. No insect was ever that big. If dragonflies with 28" wingspans wrong. there are fossils.
I am more familiar with that it was here at some point, and I thought some graves in the midwest ( before mass European migration)showed evidence of it coming here. I could be wrong, but even so, Mosquitos carry disease and I would want no part in it. Also, there is a very good chance you would have little to no immunity to diseases from 15000 years ago. The Bacteria and virii has changed far faster than other life forms.No malaria in Americas until brought by European settlers. Malaria had spread from Africa to Mediterranean and Britain by the time of Columbus. Was already endemic in eastern north America by the time English settlers arrived there. Many African tribes had some resistance to malaria via one dose of the gene for sickle cell anemia. Two doses gives the disease, alas.
DC was considered a malarial swamp, in the 1700sand I could have sworn I read an academic article that placed malaria as a potential killer in the midwest before Columbus. You could also say that I do not wish any part of mosquito born diseases be they Malaria or other. I also realize that othér humans from other eras have diseases would likely be as fatal for me as smallpox. I suspect that would kill me in a few years anyway.And in a tropical/sub-tropical region. Most of N. America is not tropical.
You are right about the malaria being in n America before the European settlers reached n America. It came into the Caribbean and s America with European explorers. And spread to n America before European settlers came to n anerica. malaria and other diseases devastated n American Indian populations. When European settlers came to north America, they found relatively empty lands with wiped out populations, many empty villages, overgrown forests from not having been burned regularly, etc.I am more familiar with that it was here at some point, and I thought some graves in the midwest ( before mass European migration)showed evidence of it coming here. I could be wrong, but even so, Mosquitos carry disease and I would want no part in it. Also, there is a very good chance you would have little to no immunity to diseases from 15000 years ago. The Bacteria and virii has changed far faster than other life forms.
My family was fairly early scotch irish that moved to NC/ Tennessee and lived adjacent to the local tribes. I know my grandfather still maintained a strong relationship with some leaders in the local Cherokee community. Oddly, if you look at how my family has operated, I do not think it would be off base to say that at least my parent's generation is still largely tribal.
A person might want to take along a good guard dog, or find one. One that will obey, stay close and not go chasing after squirrels.
What would have happened back in Africa? That sort of Malaria die off doesn't seem likely on its face to me. I could be wrong.African slaves often died of
malaria too, more than half within the first few years of arrival.
starvation, overwork and the lash could definitely weaken one against malariaWhat would have happened back in Africa? That sort of Malaria die off doesn't seem likely on its face to me. I could be wrong.
Different malarial strains than where they were from, so varied resistance.starvation, overwork and the lash could definitely weaken one against malaria
Well, there are some die offs that are too early even for that. I believe the Ohio mounds signify an early die off from disease. However, since the first new world contact with a native tribe was likely viking, I wonder if the disease crossovers may have started earlier than anticipated, but that is neither here nor there. 15k years ago is enough distance I doubt most of the diseases would be recognizable to our immune systems.You are right about the malaria being in n America before the European settlers reached n America. It came into the Caribbean and s America with European explorers. And spread to n America before European settlers came to n anerica. malaria and other diseases devastated n American Indian populations. When European settlers came to north America, they found relatively empty lands with wiped out populations, many empty villages, overgrown forests from not having been burned regularly, etc.
Part of the horrible story of development of the slave trade is the fact that in the American SE, most white settlers died of malaria within a few years of arrival. They pretty much could not do work that came with high exposure to mosquitoes. African slaves often died of
malaria too, more than half within the first few years of arrival. But some had genetic resistance to milaria. Slaves that survived their first few years were said to be "conditioned", meaning actually, resistant to malaria. White plantation owners survived by having houses on hills away from water that were breezy and mostly free of mosquitoes .
well there are strains, but the physical realities of slavery would make you have a much lower survival rate anyway. I would imagine the fever and weakness would be called laziness by some overseers. Cerebral Malaria can kill you in under a day. That one scared the heck out of me in PNG. That and I had to get tested because I was exposed to malaria in an outbreak. I was negative.Different malarial strains than where they were from, so varied resistance.
Some areas of the world blood group systems other than ABO offered resistance, without the sickle traits.