Dr. Ed Barnhart

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Archaeoastronomy, that's a cool word. Yeah.

Archaeoastronomy, that's a cool word. Yeah.

Archaeoastronomy, that's a cool word. Yeah.

Yeah. In the Americas, the first human beings that we have evidence for being in the Americas is how long ago?

Yeah. In the Americas, the first human beings that we have evidence for being in the Americas is how long ago?

Yeah. In the Americas, the first human beings that we have evidence for being in the Americas is how long ago?

Do you subscribe to the Younger Dryas hypothesis?

Do you subscribe to the Younger Dryas hypothesis?

Do you subscribe to the Younger Dryas hypothesis?

So, okay, so the last time people were able to make it across that Bering Strait land bridge was walking across, at least, was before 12,000 years. Yeah. Was it 12,000 years ago or was it 12,000 B.C.? 12,000 years ago, I believe. Right, 12,000. Okay, right, right, right. And so the first people that came across, you think they just kept going all the way down to South America?

So, okay, so the last time people were able to make it across that Bering Strait land bridge was walking across, at least, was before 12,000 years. Yeah. Was it 12,000 years ago or was it 12,000 B.C.? 12,000 years ago, I believe. Right, 12,000. Okay, right, right, right. And so the first people that came across, you think they just kept going all the way down to South America?

So, okay, so the last time people were able to make it across that Bering Strait land bridge was walking across, at least, was before 12,000 years. Yeah. Was it 12,000 years ago or was it 12,000 B.C.? 12,000 years ago, I believe. Right, 12,000. Okay, right, right, right. And so the first people that came across, you think they just kept going all the way down to South America?

And I guess like Central America and all that, there wasn't a lot of ice down there by the equator during the Ice Age, right? So it looked sort of similar to what it looks like now.

And I guess like Central America and all that, there wasn't a lot of ice down there by the equator during the Ice Age, right? So it looked sort of similar to what it looks like now.

And I guess like Central America and all that, there wasn't a lot of ice down there by the equator during the Ice Age, right? So it looked sort of similar to what it looks like now.

But if you looked at a map of Mexico and Central America, where Costa Rica and Panama and Nicaragua are now, that would look nothing like what it looks like right now. If there was way less water in the oceans and it was all frozen up.

But if you looked at a map of Mexico and Central America, where Costa Rica and Panama and Nicaragua are now, that would look nothing like what it looks like right now. If there was way less water in the oceans and it was all frozen up.