There’s a current originating in Indian ocean flowing south of Africa to the gulf of Mexico, before proceeding north east between Iceland and Great Britain. It’s why Scandinavia is so much warmer than the same latitude in the Americas. I’m 55 north in Denmark, and have hardly seen snow this winter, meanwhile Edmonton in Canada is 2° south of that.
Coconuts bobbing around the south of Africa is pretty wild, but not implausible.
Great article. It’s worth remembering that DNA is only evidence that someone banged, and I imagine there’s a fair amount of contact that goes on before that.
A North American group from Colombia
I hope this person just meant to say “Native American”, and doesn’t really think Colombia is in North America.
(sorry, I’ve spent the last week proofreading articles…)
Yeah, they also varied between spelling it “Columbia” and “Colombia” in the same article.
But I get it, there’s not a lot of money in popular science publishing so they may not even have a copy editor, at least those kinds of stories are still getting popularized and not just ‘ancient aliens’.
Caribbean from Asia? did they take the Panama Canal 400 years before it was built? there is not path that isn’t crazy
Asia via the Pacific to the Americas, then a swallow grabs one and brings it to the Atlantic coast.
African, or European?
Excuse you, this is MURICA, those are FREEDOM SWALLOWS 🦅🦅🦅
gulp gulp gulp
Look like I got some on my cool red hat oh nooooooooooo uwu
They went around the horn like a real man!
There’s a current originating in Indian ocean flowing south of Africa to the gulf of Mexico, before proceeding north east between Iceland and Great Britain. It’s why Scandinavia is so much warmer than the same latitude in the Americas. I’m 55 north in Denmark, and have hardly seen snow this winter, meanwhile Edmonton in Canada is 2° south of that.
Coconuts bobbing around the south of Africa is pretty wild, but not implausible.
Native Americans and Polynesians Met Around 1200 A.D.
Great article. It’s worth remembering that DNA is only evidence that someone banged, and I imagine there’s a fair amount of contact that goes on before that.
I hope this person just meant to say “Native American”, and doesn’t really think Colombia is in North America.
(sorry, I’ve spent the last week proofreading articles…)
North America of course being any part of the Americas in the Northern hemisphere –
The funny thing is, I can’t even tell if you’re being serious or joking…
Even the Columbia part is weird. Should have been “present-day Columbia” or similar.
Yeah, they also varied between spelling it “Columbia” and “Colombia” in the same article.
But I get it, there’s not a lot of money in popular science publishing so they may not even have a copy editor, at least those kinds of stories are still getting popularized and not just ‘ancient aliens’.
I assumed one finally got lucky and got around the southern tip of Africa while headed west.