I know this is pissy, but I'd have expected better from a scientific journal.
New Scientist has a new article about a 30,000 year old site in the Arctic Circle, where they've found the earliest known settlement.
That's all fine and good - and exciting from a Bering Strait Hypothesis point of view... the problem I have with the article is its headline: Ancient site hints at first US settlers. Can you count how many ways this headline is wrong? First, they weren't US settlers -- the proper term to use would be New World settlers, since there would be no "US" for 31,776 years. And at that, Alaska itself didn't become a part of the United States until late . Before that, it was officially Russian-owned territory.
TO have such an ethnocentric headline in a scientific journal is outrageous. (And, of course, I doubt very many people will care. :) )
That is a prime example of irresponsible journalism from a publication that should know better. I would suggest an editorial letter is in order.
-- Posted by >> Natalie » Friday, January 2, 2004 03:03 PMPost a comment
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