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On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:54:05 -0800, John Ames wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 18:51:43 +0000 The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> There are claims that American copper (id-ed by Isotope) was on many
>> bronze age tools in Europe.... Did people cross the Atlantic? Was there
>> a land bridge?
> 
> That *is* an intriguing question - AFAIK the evidence we have is scant,
> but it's certainly a fascinating notion. Dunno if we'll ever get any
> solid answers, but you gotta wonder...

Heyerdahl was disliked by the academics but he had an embarrassing habit 
of building boats and going places that shouldn't have been reachable in 
their theories.