Dr. Marcus O. Durham

Science or religion: they are not mutually exclusive

April 27, 2023 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] In a recent radio interview, since I am a scientist, I was asked if I really think the Bible is accurate or if it is just a story? That is an interesting question and talks much about the current culture. First,…

Revert to old medicine, take a look at your lifestyle and diet

April 20, 2023 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] The redbud article sure did stir comments. Few think of native tree bark, roots, leaves, and flowers as food and medicine. From where else could these come? Today’s story will be mostly a direct quote from the email of our good…

The Trad wife phenomenom brings stability to families

April 13, 2023 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] What do you know of your grandmother? I was one of the fortunate that grew up to know all my grandparents relatively well. Since they lived in the next town, we saw them every week or two. During the summers, before…

Redbud tree flowers and buds make tasty tea and jelly

April 6, 2023 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] What more beautiful time of year than when the native redbuds are in perfect pink bloom through the forest? Last week they popped the day before a very hard freeze, but these are native plants that survived the weather for millennia….

Evidence is clear about copper usage in North America

September 1, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. From where did they come? When? Where did proto-history Great Lakes copper go? To the Bronze Age. We have found that geologists, linguists, epigraph investigators, historians, archaeologists, astronomers, and academics have validated that the…

Copper mining was found very early in North America

August 25, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. From where did they come? When? What does copper have to do with Original Americans? ca 4000 BCE. The history of human development divides into periods or eras. The first, Neolithic, is the beginning…

Every culture experiences its own version of diffusion

August 18, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. From where did they come? When? What does diffusion have to do with Original Americans? Scattering. Diffusion is one of those terms used across many fields of science, but seldom arises in everyday use….

Asking questions of a research scientist reveals answers

August 11, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. From where did they come? When? What do we know of the Original Americans? They came from someplace, not local. How do you learn of new things besides taking formal classes? How do we…

Egyptian mummies, cocaine, nicotine and the Americas

August 4, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. From where did they come? When? What do Egyptian mummies, cocaine, and nicotine have to do with Original Americans? They exported. In 1992, chemistry, toxicology, and endocrinology researcher, Dr. Svetla Balabanova, from the Institute…

Recently revealed ancient maps are amazingly accurate

July 28, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. The history is just now being written. What do ancient maps have to do with Original Americans? Establishing dates. Ancient maps, such as Re’is and Finaeus, are based on maps from prehistory. These ancient maps were found by the Director of…