Iceland seminar.

[Don]

Hi,

You folks have it *all* wrong. I have it on good authority that the
PiltDown Piano tuner tribe were the first inhabitants of NA. 

At 08:11 PM 10/09/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristinn Leifsson" <istuner@islandia.is>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: October 09, 2000 3:26 PM
>Subject: Re: Iceland seminar.
>
>
>> No it wasn´t. <G>
>>
>>
>> Kristinn
>>
>> At 11:35 9.10.2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> >My Dear Kristinn & Richard,
>> >
>> >You are both, of course, quite mistaken.
>> >
>> >By the time any of your folks arrived, the North American continent was
>> >already discovered and populated by a number of various peoples who had
>been
>> >calling it home for some millennia.
>> >
>> >Del
>> >
>> >----------------------------------------------
>
>"The date of the arrival of humans in North America has not been accurately
>established, but it is known to have occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch
>(1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). For some time the earliest human occupation
>of America was thought to date to the last (Wisconsin) glacial period, or
>about 35,000 to 20,000 years ago. More recently, however, some authorities
>have asserted that the first arrivals were much earlier, even up to 60,000
>years ago. The site of entry into North America is widely assumed to have
>been a land bridge--formed as glaciers advanced and sea levels fell--where
>the Bering Strait now divides Asia and America."
>
>See ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA (Online) under 'Native American.'
>http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/7/0,5716,127677+1+117303,00.html?q
>uery=north%20american%20indian%20history
>
>... I rest my case.
>
>Del
>
>(Their biggest problem was their lax immigration policies.)
>
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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