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Skriven 2009-04-13 18:58:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: WILD SHEEP 90413
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 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ>   I am surprised that wild sheep inhabited that part of USA, as
 
 DD> I suspect that they came across the land bridge from Asia back when
 DD> the Aleutian Islands were part of an isthmus ... sort of like the
 DD> "native Americans" who displaced the proto-humans who had the run of
 DD> the place up until then.
 
 GJ> What happened to these "proto-humans"?  Are there any remains which
 GJ> could identify them?   Were there ever any apes or monkeys in North
 GJ> America?  (Apart from politicians, of course!)

(Two separate lines of thought.)

 DD> Monkeys but no apes (AFAIK). As to the proto-humans there is only very

Monkeys in North America, or only in the South?

 DD> sketchy evidence as to their existence. Enigmatic cave dwellings with
 DD> few or no artifacts, no fossils, no buried middens, etc. Tantalising
 DD> hints only that they
 DD> ever existed ... just enough to drive an archeologist completely
 DD> around the bend. Best guesses are that they lived in small family
 DD> groups and were extremely nomadic hunter-gatherers. But, no one knows
 DD> for sure - or at least no one has found any "proof".

They sound rather like the Australian aborigines, who have been around
for at least 60,000 years.  One of the very few peoples on earth who
had been able to evolve a truly sustainable life style.  Then, after
all those years, the British came along and stuffed up it and the
country forever.

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      Title: Vegetable Names and Origins 2
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  COMMON NAME: Collards
    BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica oleracea acephalo
      ORIGIN: Europe
  
  COMMON NAME: Corn, Sweet corn, Maize
    BOTANICAL NAME: Zea mays
      ORIGIN: Central America
  
  COMMON NAME: Cress, Garden cress, Peppergrass
    BOTANICAL NAME: Lepidium sativum
      ORIGIN: Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Cucumber
    BOTANICAL NAME: Cucumis sativus
      ORIGIN: Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Dandelion
    BOTANICAL NAME: Taraxacum officinale
      ORIGIN: Europe and Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Eggplant, Aubergine, Guinea squash, Brinjal
    BOTANICAL NAME: Solanum melongena
      ORIGIN: East Indies, India
  
  COMMON NAME: Endive, Escarole
    BOTANICAL NAME: Cichorium endivia
      ORIGIN: South Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Fennel, Florence fennel, Finocchio, Fenucchi
    BOTANICAL NAME: Foeniculum vulgare dulce
      ORIGIN: Mediterranean
  
  COMMON NAME: Horseradish
    BOTANICAL NAME: Aarmoracia rusticana
      ORIGIN: Eastern Europe
  
  COMMON NAME: Jerusalem artichoke, Sunchoke, Sunroot
    BOTANICAL NAME: Helianthus tuberosus
      ORIGIN: North America
  
  COMMON NAME: Kale, Borecole, Collards, Green cabbage, German greens
    BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica oleracea acephala
      ORIGIN: Horticultural hybrid
  
  COMMON NAME: Kohlrabi, Turnip-rooted cabbage, Stem turnip, Turnip
  cabbage
    BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica caulorapa
      ORIGIN: Horticultural hybrid
  
  COMMON NAME: Leek
    BOTANICAL NAME: Allium porrum
      ORIGIN: Mediterranean, Egypt
  
  COMMON NAME: Lentil
    BOTANICAL NAME: Lens culinaris
      ORIGIN: Mediterranean region
  
  COMMON NAME: Lettuce, Crisphead lettuce, Butterhead lettuce, Stem
  lettuce (celtuce), Leaf lettuce, Cos, Romaine
    BOTANICAL NAME: Lactuca sativa
      ORIGIN: Near East
  
  COMMON NAME: Muskmelon, Cantaloupe, Cantaloup
    BOTANICAL NAME: Cucumis melo
      ORIGIN: South Asia, tropical Africa
  
  COMMON NAME: Mustard, Chinese mustard, Leaf mustard, Spinach greens
    BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica juncea
      ORIGIN: Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Okra, Lady's fingers, Gumbo
    BOTANICAL NAME: Hibiscus esculentus
      ORIGIN: Africa
  
  COMMON NAME: Onion
    BOTANICAL NAME: Allium cepa
      ORIGIN: Southwest Asia
  
  COMMON NAME: Parsnip
    BOTANICAL NAME: Pastinaca sativa
      ORIGIN: Europe
  
  COMMON NAME: Pea, Sweet pea, Garden pea, Sugar pea, English pea
    BOTANICAL NAME: Pisum sativum
      ORIGIN: Europe, Near East
  
  COMMON NAME: Black-eyed Pea, Pea, Cowpea, Chowder pea, Southern pea,
  Black-eyed bean, China bean
    BOTANICAL NAME: Gigna sinensis
      ORIGIN: Asia
  
  Source: Vegetable Gardening Encyclopedia by the editors of Consumer
  Guide ISBN: O-88365-598-2; typos by Dorothy Flatman 1996
 
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