Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

However, a long list of erroneous thinking does not rule out the possibility that Tucker could be right on a few of the plant associations.

In theory this is true, but New World plants in the MS can only coexist with the radiocarbon dating if either:
- the identified plants know global distribution or
- you cast Occam's razor into an active volcano and come up with a theory that adds too many unlikely and unproven assumptions

It seems wind and ocean waves can distribute plant life across continents but the same cannot be said for animal life, which brings us back to the age-old question: Is it an armadillo or a pangolin?

The VMS depicts swamps:

i. "Found from South and Central America to Oklahoma, the armadillo tends to live in forests near swampy areas."

or 

ii. Pangolins "occupy an assorted range of habitats, from forests to grasslands to savannahs."

Conclusion: As the armadillos seem to have a greater affinity for swamps than the pangolins, a slight advantage goes to the armadillo.

The VMS depicts white women living in those swamps:

i. For 1438 or earlier, armadillo supporters claim it is was widely reported that Viracocha Inca, who ruled from 1410 to 1438, had a beard, ie. was at least partially white because native Americans did not grow beards.

or

ii. For 1438 or earlier, pangolin supporters are unable to produce a single depiction of the pangolin from any European manuscript and are also unable to produce any type of evidence for a European community living in southern Africa or southeastern Asia where the pangolins lived.

Conclusion: pending evidence to be supplied by the pangolin supporters, the advantage goes to the armadillo.