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Remains of First African Slaves Found
An anonymous reader writes to tell us LiveScience is reporting that Archaeologists may have found the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. From the article: "The African origin of the slaves was determined by studying a chemical in their tooth enamel that reveals plant and rock types of their native land. The chemical enters the body through the food chain as nutrients pass from bedrock through soil and water to plants and animals. It is an indelible signature of birthplace, the researchers said, because it can be directly linked to the bedrock of specific locales."
"The African origin of the slaves was determined by studying a chemical in their tooth enamel that reveals plant and rock types of their native land.
Was it a gold tooth? Part of a platinum grille?
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I'd say that "I, for one, welcome our new slave-trading overlords.", but it would be in poor taste.
Future scientist : The chemical composition suggests that the specimen lived on a diet of sawdust and polyeurothane around 2000 A.D. Future sceintist's boss : Yeah, they called that "McDonalds." He's probably from, oh, let's say Phoenix.
So, it looks like someone has been sitting on this story until black history month started. Looks like /. got it posted 27 minutes into it.
This guy had a website in 1502? That's pretty advanced, at least for a slave.
They know because they found the words "First slave!" etched into their tooth enamel.
They had EA lanyards
Bloody Americans, always thinking that 100 years is a long time.
James P. Barrett
Yeah. Silly upstart nation that they are. On a totally unrelated note, I've got to make a trip up to Liverpool soon; it's about a hundred miles, which is a bloody long way...
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
And if you've ever driven on the M25, you'll know why 100 miles is a long way in Britain... ;-)
"The difference between the Americans and the English is that the English think a mile is a long way and Americans think 100 years is a long time."
- Erin
The imminent collapse of space and time is just the Universe's way of hugging you.
Yeah, we Americans are just cavemen. So, I guess we figured out a way to evolve since in what you might call a blink of an eye, in terms of time, we managed to surpass you and the rest of the world. Not just in power and money, but in accomplishments. You can whine and cry arrogance and lies all you want, but do the math and the research. We have innovated and contributed more to this world in a far shorter time then any other country or civilization in the known history of the world. So screw you and your anti-american tripe. Or should we document your countries atrocities and short comings over the much LONGER TIME you have been around commmitting them.
"The difficulty with this assertion is that human beings cannot be owned, and therefore cannot be property and therefore cannot be capital"
Might I remind you that a person CAN be owned -- if they believe (or are forced to think) they are owned.
Reminds me of Eddie Murphy in one of his standup routines:
"I am sure the first slaves got off the boat and said, 'bail that hay?'. Fuck you masta. You bail the hay. And then about 20 MF's with whips showed up and the rest of the slaves said 'nevermind, we'll bail the shit'".
Intentions are great until you are facing down the barrel of a gun. Then, for some reason (obvious), most men don't take such a pricipled stand.