Indeed. There are two evidences of this. The earliest we knew about is the now-underwater ridge of land that was above water during the last ice age. (Yes, the ice age pulled that much water out of the oceans and left it on the land. Some glaciers could be a mile tall.) This is how they got here. The second was a study of the mitochondria, which is passed from female to female and so does not change as much as other elements of the DNA. They found that the group that braved that land bridge had no more than four females in it (at least, no more than four survived.) So, yeah, essentially, all American Indians are Asians if one goes back far enough.
The interesting thing is that the two lines have been separated for 20,000-50,000 years, yet the only changes are minor cosmetic differences. They can still interbreed, etc. Not much evolution happened, if any.
2007-01-21 15:55:22
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answered by Anonymous
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For thousands and thousands of years, the right of a people or culture to hold claim to a land was solely dependent upon their ability to defend their land from invaders. The Levant (Isreal, Palestine, etc.) has been conquered many times - most recently by Britain after WWI and then by Israel when the Palestinian Mandate terminated. What you see happening is a less advanced culture - the native Arabs - are being replaced by a more advanced people from Europe and Russia. It's as simple as that, and as I said, the same thing has been going on since the beginning of human history. The irony is that this time it's "immoral", even though the Jews are not slaughtering or enslaving the Palestinians, or forcing a mass exodus. As far as invasions go, it's pretty mild. As for Europeans vs. Native Americans, same story. The NA's had no more God-given claim to America than did the Europeans. They were simply not able to defend their territories. Someday, the same fate will happen to us, and I believe this process has already begun. Case in point, we are losing our manufacturing capability to China because we can't compete with them. - or at least aren't willing to compete.
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answered by Anonymous
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Like someone said above, very distant lineage. The reason the "red" Indians are called such is because of a mistake made several hundred years ago when Columbus thought he landed in India and called the natives, Indians.
2007-01-21 15:54:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Nope. When the first explorers landed in Cuba, they didn't think the Continent of the Americas even existed, and thought they landed in Asia. Hence Indians, from India.
2007-01-21 15:53:20
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answered by Dustpan1987 3
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Very, very distant. The population known as American Indians crossed over from Asia to Alaska over a land bridge something like 20,000 years ago when the sea level was lower than it is now.
2007-01-21 15:52:09
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answered by Anonymous
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No! Columbus thought he had landed in India, and so named the inhabitants of the new world Indians.
2007-01-21 15:53:32
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answered by It All Matters.~☺♥ 6
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Little if any. Indians from India are descended from Aryan stock, and the language is Indo-European. American Indians are full Asian, and their language groups are not Indo-European.
2007-01-21 15:57:12
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answered by Boomer Wisdom 7
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No
2007-01-21 15:51:50
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answered by knightofsappho 4
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no I would say not much .
2007-01-21 15:52:22
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answered by Anonymous
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No!
2007-01-21 15:51:55
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answered by Aliz 6
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