Do the majority of scholars or scientiest agree with this? Where did the natives come from actually?
2007-03-28 06:00:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Some scholars to believe that native americans came from asia via the Bering Strait during an ice age. Some believe that Native Americans have always been in North America. Many Native American cultures believe they have always been in America. Also some cultures believe they they rose from one dark world and climbed into a new bright beautiful world.
2007-03-28 06:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by Cuirassier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many scientists think that the first "Native Americans" came from Asia. They base this on the the discovery of fossils. They claim they crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska about 8000 years B.C. when a "land bridge" supposedly existed there during the ice age. Most of the scientists feel that the Asians followed herds of buffalo to the U.S.
2007-03-28 13:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Behring Strait was a 600 mile wide bridge between Asia and America during the last ice age which ended about 14,000 years ago, and was about 50,000 years long, and covered most of the Northern USA with ice averaging one mile thick.
Most likely they went back and forth at will.
Currently Asia/Russia is only about 58 miles from the USA in Alaska, and the Diomedes islands Russia/USA are only 2 miles apart.
The new Pathfinder movie has the Norseman coming to America before Columbus, which is probably true also.
2007-03-28 13:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is generally believed that they crossed over from Russia to Alaska by following the Wooly Mamonths, then some followed the caribou further south where they found the buffalo, which they followed to the states.
2007-03-28 13:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by freemanbac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The archaeological record supports it except for an anomaly at a site in Brazil. The probability is very high.
2007-03-28 13:09:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evidence has been shown that about 12,000 years ago our natives migrated across th e straits from Russia to Alaska and then spread across our lands.
2007-03-28 13:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by dVille 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The only people who show signs of being linked to Asians are the Aleuts in Alaska. All the others show definite signs of being of a different origin, possibly European.
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2007-03-28 13:20:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not a fact and if there was a land bridge traffic ran both ways! As an American Indian I resent those grave robbers theories, our creation stories which are just as valid as their holy writtings, tell us we were created here
2007-03-28 17:09:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fact.
2007-03-28 13:04:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't know...with the debunking of the Clovis theory, no one can say with any certainty.
...and actually it would be easy enough to test which of the ethnic groups are related with DNA tests now.
2007-03-28 13:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋