The beautiful image of a stained glass window above was used today to illustrate an article reporting that scientists have now established that Vikings were in Newfoundland exactly a thousand years ago in 1021. It has long been known that they were here hundreds of years before Columbus, but until recently a precise date could not be established,
Of course neither Vikings nor Columbus ‘discovered’ America. It was already populated by others who had been here for thousands of years. And all of us, no matter when we arrived, are immigrants from Africa.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vikings-north-america-date-newfoundland
Most of you do not have the same existential interest in the hurricane season as I do and so may not have noticed that the hurricane season came to an abrupt halt and I hope end at the beginning of this month. Nothing has happened. Nothing is happening. Nothing has spun off Africa. The flow of trade winds has been smooth and uninterrupted.
In the past one could reasonably conclude the season is over. Today I am not sure.
From THE ASSASSIN’S CLOAK an entry from October 15.
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You might find this of interest:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/rethinking-out-of-africa
Thank you for that link, Stephen. I read the article with interest and learned from it. We are more complicated immigrants than I had known.
You're very welcome. We are indeed.
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