Original American Instruments?

[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by Bikewer

I seem to recall that the Dulcimer is just a type of Zither, well-known in Europe prior to the founding of the colonies here.

Not quite. The autoharp, an American invention, is a type of zither. The mountain dulcimer is another American invention (I think), unrelated to zithers. But the hammered c=dulcimer is not an American invention - the only similarity it has with the mountain dulcimer is the name "dulcimer".

[Otterhound]

Originally Posted by Scott O

The great kazoo?

"A popular belief is that Alabama Vest, an African-American in Macon, Georgia, was the one who invented the kazoo around 1840, although there is no documentation to support that claim.[2] The story originated with the Kaminsky International Kazoo Quartet, a group of satirical kazoo players, which may cast doubt on the veracity of the story,[3] as does the name "Alabama Vest" itself."

Wasn't he on The Flintstones ?

[1neeto]

Originally Posted by Otterhound

Thanks for asking . Most are not open minded enough to do so .

Some , if not many , agree that continental shift via plate tectonics caused the breakup of what once was a singular land mass .

Should human life have emerged on that singular land mass , there was no human migration . There was simply people living at different areas of that singular land mass .

It is possible that the Earth's surface plates migrated , not humans .

Yes , we apparently have no record/s of human existence from that time period , but there also is no proof that humans did not exist in that era .

As time moved forward , humans in these different areas adapted to their surroundings .

This will also serve to be a possible explanation to the similarities in the different branches of the human race .

Thanks again . You may now destroy my theory .

Your theory is way more flawed since Pangaea predates humans by like 150 million years give or take 10000 million years or so.

It is widely accepted that human life started in Africa and migrated from there. The only landmass not connected to Africa is the Americas, so the only explanation is again another accepted theory that humans migrated from Russia to Alaska via the Bering Strait. You can’t deny the Asian-like features of Eskimos and Native (north and south) Americans.

[HodgdonExtreme]

Originally Posted by Mark Twain

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

Seems relevant...