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Asia is not the only continent that's not connected by land with America.
by brink 3y ago
Asia is not the only continent that's not connected by land with America.
- dubcanada 3y agoI suppose that depends on if you consider ice to be land. Technically it is connected and there is record of travel between Russia and Alaska.
- hyperhopper 3y agoHow is Africa connected with America? How is Europe connected? Even if you count ancient ice connection, Asia is more connected than they either of those. Wtf are you talking about
- chris-orgmenta 3y ago> Wtf are you talking about. I request you to review and reword your comment, hyperhopper.
- hyperhopper 3y agoI suggest you find something more substantial to complain about. This is hackernews, respond to the core of my comment. From the guidelines: > Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. (Also, ironically by commenting on the post you disable editing, so you made your own request impossible)
- chris-orgmenta 3y agoAs soon as you are able to post something non-flippantly, then I will be able to respond likewise. I agreed with your post and could expand upon it, but your attitude does not allow for it. My comment was a soft ball for you to improve rather than doubling down, and for us then to move forward. I do see that my comment ironically broke guidelines too. We can both be better.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoObviously not. But my point was that contact between America and Asia, in significant volume, happened significantly later than contact with Europe (and, by extension, North Africa, as there was always tons of contact between Europe and North Africa). And yes, places that have been truly isolated from the Americas until relatively recently are also are places where novel invasive species and pathogens come from (e.g. HIV, Ebola).