The People

From: "Matt Tope" <mptope@omnihybrid.com>

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:52:07 +1000, "Alan and Carmel Brain"
> <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:

> Not forgetting the Chinese.

Ummm... you should read some of the reviews about it, particularly in
scholarly journals, etc. I was interested in reading it, but then I read some
reviews from places like Military History Quarterly and some other sources.
They _shred_ the book, calling the author's research shoddy at best.

While it isn't unlikely that the Chinese _could_ have made it to North
America, and it would certainly make an interesting background for alternate
history stories, there is no credible evidence that they actually _did_
make it to North America.

Alan and Carmel Brain schrieb:
> From: "Matt Tope" <mptope@omnihybrid.com>

Haven't read the book, only the website, but I know a bit or two about Chinese
history.

The Chinese voyages in the Indian Ocean and Western pacific are well
documented. Beyond that, including any trip to America is based on the
flimsiest of evidence and heavy speculation. More plausible than von Däniken,
but only because it doesn't violate laws of nature, IMHO.

Greetings Karl Heinz

Allan Goodall said:
> While it isn't unlikely that the Chinese _could_ have made it to North

Exactly: there is (at present) no evidence in North America that indicates a
Chinese presence at an early date, unlike the Norse. If a site like L'anse aux
Meadows is found for the Chinese, then it will be more than just an
interesting idea.

Search Google for "Maine Penny"; that's the kind of evidence that's needed.

> --- Allan Goodall <agoodall@hyperbear.com> wrote:

I am unable to remember the program, but some testing was done on Inuit and
several other
N. American tribes.   The DNA result show
a closer relationship to Japanese from the North of Japan than any other Asian
group.

Bye for now,