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Originally posted by ArMaP
the Chinese say that their group came over much earlier, no later than 15,000 years ago.
Originally posted by Marduk
the Chinese say that their group came over much earlier, no later than 15,000 years ago.
thats complete rubbish then
there was no civilisation in china until 2500bce (4500 years ago)
we're talking about people who migrated from China to North America, not civilization. There were people in China in the prehistoric era. It was these people who migrated to North America.
Originally posted by Marduk
we're talking about people who migrated from China to North America, not civilization. There were people in China in the prehistoric era. It was these people who migrated to North America.
strictly speaking they werent chinese
because chna didnt exist then
so they were asian
it has already been established that native americans are descended from five main mtdna groups
C and D who migrated there before the bering land bridge was cut off
and groups A,B and X who migrated there after it was cut off (post 10,000bce)
modern chinese have groups A and B in their genetic heritage
but none of these facts matches the claim made by the previous poster
and you gotta wonder if it was true how did they know how the hell they knew where they went anyway
did the newly arrived immigrants send a postcard home
"Dear Mum
have arrived at the new land to the east which is continent sized and full of food.
please make sure that you remember to pass on this story so someone with an unsubstantiated word of mouth source can mention it 17000 years from now to someone who will post it at an internet forum"
like
duh
Originally posted by forestlady
No there is no evidence that they returned. It isn't known what their destination was. they may have just been looking for a less populated location.
The earliest artifacts that have been found in the U.S. are at least 12,000 years old. There is a cave with artifacts on the Pacific coast in Sonoma County. It has been confirmed that they are that old. But IIRC, the Chinese say that their group came over much earlier, no later than 15,000 years ago.
Early research with human mitochondrial DNA showed that genetic patterns cluster by geographical regions and that relationships between populations — evolutionary trees — can be established from these patterns. Some of this research shows genetic relations between Native Americans and Asians, supporting the theory of Asian origin.
Consider what archaeology and common sense alone tell us about the founding populations. They must have first arrived earlier than 12,000 years ago, possibly substantially earlier, but certainly not earlier than 50,000 years and probably much more recently. They may have already have been separated for a substantial time from contemporary Siberians, since the geographic extent of Beringia may have put a lot of distance between them. They must have been a relatively small population compared to contemporary Asians. This migration was not the voortrekkers crossing the Vaal; it was a relatively small population of hunter gatherers dispersing into a vast new continental land mass. This means that the population must have begun small and expanded greatly, probably exponentially. There may have been more than one dispersal, with more than one population source.
Mainstream scholars remain unconvinced by these speculations. Others are more critical and regard the promotion of such unfounded theories as a form of ethnocentric racism at the expense of indigenous Americans. By an overwhelming margin the consensus view remains that the Olmec and their achievements are wholly indigenous to the region, founded entirely on a remarkable and ancient agriculture that was indigenous, and that they and neighbouring cultures, with whom they had contact, developed their own characters quite independently of any extra-hemispheric influences
In general, those who have insisted that the Olmec Heads have
"negroid" features have not taken the time to look at the area's
Native Americans and how their features correlate with the features
shown on these sculptures; neither have they given much thought
to the idea that the natives could have produced these artworks
themselves.
marduk have you actually read the links you are posting in the to back your somewhat convoluted espersions.