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> The Inuit/Eskimo peoples are and were perfectly capable of moving and living on water Suprisingly the Inuit are a very young culture! They started around 100
by ralfd 10y ago
> The Inuit/Eskimo peoples are and were perfectly capable of moving and living on water
Suprisingly the Inuit are a very young culture! They started around 1000 AD in Alaska and had settled northern Canada and Greenland only when Europe discovered America.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Arctic_cultures_900-1500.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Arctic_c...
The Paleo-Eskimos (genetic studies show no connection to the Inuits, so no intermarriage) developed 2500 BC (and ended 1500 AD), so only 4000 years ago, this is way after the migration of Paleo-Indians into the American continent (40,000–16,500 years ago).
- sandworm101 10y agoI didn't mean to say that they were the culture that made the crossing. They are proof that the move was possible using only the resources available at the time.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoYes, the Dorset culture was basically genocided by the Inuit. The Inuit actually still have stories about it.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoApparently someone doesn't like the word "genocide" here. The Dorset were wiped out so thoroughly by the encroaching proto-Inuit that they didn't even leave any genes behind. What would you call it?