In some classes I had mentioned the lost colony of Roanoke. If you are interested in finding out more information, click here http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/Lost_Colony_DNA_Project?query=Lost+Colony+DNA+Project for the link to the article about the DNA project that is trying to see if the citizens survived or not. Another interesting article I found that talks about Jamestown and Roanoke is from PBS. I mentioned today in class about the disappearance of the settlement Roanoke and how historians still do not what happened to the people of the first colony. Of course there theories aplenty out there. What I like about this article is the fact that it discusses realistic ideas as to the disappearance of the settlers. Read on to find out what I mean: http://www.pbs.org/saf/1203/features/climatology.htm
What do you think happened to these people?
This article was very interesting. There were so many settlers and groups of people in our history that it’s hard to know whether or not they exsisted. I’m sure there’s plenty of evidence with the DNA and stuff, but I can’t keep up so I’m not sure. If they were really a colony back in the day, then they probably were killed by diseases or something carried from other people. Also, another group could have tried taking them over, and killed them off. There might have not been very many but then I again, I would never know. It’s interesting how we find connections with just DNA to past people even colonies. I have no clue what could have happened to these people because I don’t even know if they exsist or not. Obviously not many survived long enough to tell the story. It would be really cool if someone from that time period lived today to tell of those times so we’d actually know alot more truth from our history. All students are really getting is text books. If I could bring back someone I would probably bring Pocahontas. She would be cool to talk to. Anyway, the article was interesting to read and I encourage others to read it.