SC - SC Peanuts

[david friedman]

At 2:35 PM +1100 11/6/97, Charles McCN wrote:
>According to a documentary on the 'cocaine mummies' of vienna, peanuts
>were found in China at least 2000 years old. But it was said that they
>are a native american (N?S?) product

As far as I can make out, one Chinese archaeologist claimed to have found
peanuts in a layer he identified as pre-Columbian. He also claimed to have
found some other things which other evidence indicates shouldn't have been
there. Expert opinion seems to be that he misdated his layer.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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