Hi SPAL:
I don't know about the Tibetans, but the flooding is thought to have effected much of South America......in fact, it's been proposed that the flooding is what caused the extinction of American elephants and other such animals.........there's even cause to believe that there was a pre-Incan Meso-American civilization established which was obliterated by these floods........
Neat. The Pleistocene extinctions are a special interest of mine. Could you refer me to a website or article that states flooding was the cause of any mass extinction event in North or South America? This would be a new one to add to the current "big three" hypotheses (climate change, blitzkreig and hyperdisease - i.e., big chill, big kill and big ill
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In addition, although there's quite a bit of evidence of humans in South America dating back (depending on who you ask) 8-15,000 years (assuming Monte Verde was pre-Clovis, which is in dispute), but no evidence that they died out at any point, I'd appreciate any more info you could provide concerning the putative flooding of South America as well.
Thanks.
It's even on topic, for once.