2007-11-20 14:57:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
The oldest bones found in North America, were from the Gulf of Mexico region, and were carbon-dated to 28,000 years BP...
That would be after the Ice Age which ended ca. 32,000 years ago (2 Ice-Ages ago), and probably represents the first Homo sapiens migration on foot, across the Bering Land Bridge...
2007-11-20 16:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You would have to define what you mean by native american. If you mean have remains been found in north america then yes. However, the chance that a living tribe can prove affiliation is very slim. Currently this is the debate with NAGPRA laws and anthropology.
2007-11-24 20:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by mean_mama_green 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't actually know but I hold, for the moment, the position that native Americans have been on this continent about 18,000 years or longer.
2007-11-22 19:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not older enough to make any difference. Native Americans are recent immigrants to the Americas; recent in the geological sense.
The genetic trail makes this a lock.
2007-11-21 00:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
probably. that would have been during the ice age when it would have been possible to come from russia through Alaska on the ice bridge.
2007-11-24 21:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by primalclaws1974 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about this, but cool question! Why do you ask?
2007-11-21 00:15:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋