Cynical Apathist
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There is contradictory evidence both ways. DNA analysis shows all Native Americans, from Pacific to Atlantic, from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, all originated in Siberia. There are a few markers that have been found in scattered populations from elsewhere (celtic on the Atlantic coast of North America, polynesian on the Pacific coast of North and South.) These are more likely from a marooned sailor than an established route.
The coastal tribes of the southern California and northern Mexico area had ocean going canoes nearly identical to Polynesian design. And this design appears to have developed spontaneously with no record of earlier simpler designs. Suggesting a group of Polynesian seafarers ended up in the region suddenly. Marooned with no chance of return, they just assimilated into the local culture, lending their knowledge of ocean travel and their genes to the local populace.
One of the mysteries unsolved is lingochronology. The Native American languages are so diverse they appear to have no common root. A common root language would not evolved into different groups in so short a time frame. They are not different as French and Italian, or English and German. They are different as English and Japanese. Totally different syntax and sentence structure. This supports the multiple migration hypothesis, but does not support all came from Siberia.
Another unexplained phenomenom is a small village site in New Mexico. The old fire rings were built on bedrock with a high iron content. The iron in the rock aligned with magnetic field when heated and pointed to the north when the fires were last built. The minerals all point to where the magnetic north pole was 30,000 - 35,000 years ago.
The coastal tribes of the southern California and northern Mexico area had ocean going canoes nearly identical to Polynesian design. And this design appears to have developed spontaneously with no record of earlier simpler designs. Suggesting a group of Polynesian seafarers ended up in the region suddenly. Marooned with no chance of return, they just assimilated into the local culture, lending their knowledge of ocean travel and their genes to the local populace.
One of the mysteries unsolved is lingochronology. The Native American languages are so diverse they appear to have no common root. A common root language would not evolved into different groups in so short a time frame. They are not different as French and Italian, or English and German. They are different as English and Japanese. Totally different syntax and sentence structure. This supports the multiple migration hypothesis, but does not support all came from Siberia.
Another unexplained phenomenom is a small village site in New Mexico. The old fire rings were built on bedrock with a high iron content. The iron in the rock aligned with magnetic field when heated and pointed to the north when the fires were last built. The minerals all point to where the magnetic north pole was 30,000 - 35,000 years ago.