Aboriginal tribes saved by distance (fwd)

[jess tauber]

There is a program listed on the National Geographic Channel about the Andamanese, scheduled for 4 am either tonite (Monday) or tomorrow (Tuesday). Inconvenient time, but it will be shown again at a better one- Jan 5 at midnite (and again at 4 am). Here is the blurb:

First Out of Africa

Follow Dr. Erika Hagelberg and international scientists to the remote Andaman Islands as they piece together the ancestry of a compelling people who still live a stone age existence. Their quest reveals the history of the Andaman Islanders whose origin has been clouded in mystery for centuries. The lush islands with pristine sandy white beaches yield few clues to the Andamanese past. Dr. Hagelberg searches for answers in the few precious DNA samples collected from the Andamanese. The results may turn commonly held theories of human evolution upside down.




Jess Tauber
phonosemantics at earthlink.net