While I have heard scholarly discussion of Solutreans (?) from Europe  
crossing the northern route, I was not aware that there was a southern  
one that included Antarctica. Unless things have changed substantially  
down there in the last 20,000 years the weather alone (the seas are  
vicious, not to mention the cold) would all but preclude a southern  
route. There is a reason that there are no natives in Antarctica and I  
believe the inhabitants of Tierra Del Fuego are fairly recent. On the  
other hand people with boats would be able to move rapidly down the  
west coast of the Americas reaching South America much faster than  
walking...
On Oct 29, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> James,
>
> Lyle is looking at a book I read a few months back that questions  
> the Bering Strait as the only point of entry. It is also possible  
> that early man arrived from the south, having crossed Antarctica and  
> up the west coast of South America. There is so much going on in  
> South America that really questions whether all inhabitants of  
> America came here the long way.
>
> Anne
>
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