First Americans Day: Ancestors of Chukchi, Beringia C. 13,000 Years BP

The ancestors of these Chukchi men may have been among the first humans to arrive in the Americas, crossing the Beringia ice bridge c. 13,000 years BP.

First Americans Day

Monday, October 13, 2008 5:47:48 PM | Culture | My.Opera.Com

The ancestors of these Chukchi men may have been among the first humans to arrive in the Americas, crossing the Beringia ice bridge c. 13,000 years BP. To all our paleolithic human ancestors who fought the elements coming to America, I would just like to say — great job! We would also like to thank Leif Erikson and Christopher Columbus for helping down the way. In fact, if it were not for Columbus, we here would not have the benefits of “modern civilization,” which gave us mechanized war, greed, and religious insanity. Of course, we did have the Mayan-Aztec culture, who were pretty good at that kind of thing themselves. On the up side, I guess that without all that the Chukchi men you see in the above photo would not have had those metal cups. So, thanks a million for the metal cups. And I guess I would not have this nifty internet thing either, so you would not be reading this.