> I'm pretty sure the INDIANS discovered it first, though it seems > they didn't file paperwork with the Vatican and therefore got hosed I saw a Discovery Channel doco about the Bering Strait land bridge not so long ago. Several human populations came into America from East Asia 10s of 1000s of years ago, as well as many African-style animals now long-extinct in the US As for NO, isn't that line between civility and feral awfully thin ? I'm very surprised to have not seen air-drops. Surely supplies could have been parachuted in, with personnel to protect and distribute them ? Reminiscient of those dreadful food scramble scenes in Black Hawk Down perhaps, but could hardly be any worse than what's happening now -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist