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a la izquierda

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12. The Olmec heads are stylized...

Reply to shraby (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 11:12 PM

Mar 2012

there are other pieces of art in which the human figures look Japanese. I can post images if you want.
There's been no evidence that Africans came here and influenced the Olmecs. Some suggested that the bases of the pyramids at Giza are the same as those in Mexico. But many Mayan cities are built using astronomical measurements and the Golden Ratio (this is theorized).

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Where is everyone? Anybody read the Nov. 2011 Scientific American that destroys Clovis First? [View all] csziggy Dec 2011 OP

Interesting Theory Possumpoint Dec 2011 #1

Hmm, maybe some supporting evidence. Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #11

Digs in South America have shown it was inhabited much earlier than shraby Dec 2011 #2

I believe you meant Tom Dillehay & Chile. era veteran Dec 2011 #5

Yup, Tom, not Tim. Sorry bout that. shraby Dec 2011 #6

I had Dillehay for a class right after he found it. Fascinating era veteran Dec 2011 #9

You lucky stiff! shraby Dec 2011 #10

I have a theory too. Look at a marybourg Dec 2011 #3

Clovis-first has been dead for a while. Also, IMO... Odin2005 Dec 2011 #4

What about the obviously Negroid type heads found in shraby Dec 2011 #7

The Olmec heads? They don't look Sub-Saharan African to me. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #8

The Olmec heads are stylized... a la izquierda Mar 2012 #12