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2. I agree with the majority of paleontologists, who think that most Native Americans came from across the Bering straight from northern Asia. At the time the Indians crossed the straight, (at least 12,000 years ago), sea levels would have been significantly lower and there would have been an actual land bridge over what is now the Bering straight. Also there would have been an ice-free corridor through the otherwise frozen northern regions of America (what is now Canada) through which the migrants would have dispersed southwards. This dispersion is supported archeological artifacts such as arrow heads; the oldest ones are found in the northern climes, and moving southwards the oldest artifacts found are more recent. In fact, the Inuit Indians are known to have crossed the frozen Bering straight relatively recently as opposed to the other American Indians, and originate from Siberia; they resemble Chinese people closely.
 
2. I agree with the majority of paleontologists, who think that most Native Americans came from across the Bering straight from northern Asia. At the time the Indians crossed the straight, (at least 12,000 years ago), sea levels would have been significantly lower and there would have been an actual land bridge over what is now the Bering straight. Also there would have been an ice-free corridor through the otherwise frozen northern regions of America (what is now Canada) through which the migrants would have dispersed southwards. This dispersion is supported archeological artifacts such as arrow heads; the oldest ones are found in the northern climes, and moving southwards the oldest artifacts found are more recent. In fact, the Inuit Indians are known to have crossed the frozen Bering straight relatively recently as opposed to the other American Indians, and originate from Siberia; they resemble Chinese people closely.
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Furthermore, the information contained in the text, that “Some claim they migrated from Asia, but that makes little sense because American Indians are very different in many ways from Chinese and Asian Indians. Even their blood types are typically different” is incorrect. Since the migration took place a minimum of thousands of years ago, it is not to be expected that the two peoples would look exactly identical, since isolated populations naturally diversify. Besides, “blood type” is actually a very poor to forensically determine the genealogical origins of an ethnicity; scientists use DNA analysis to determine ethnicity (perhaps this is what is meant). But the most recent research shows that the DNA of most American Indian tribes are all descended from a common ancestor, and that they are all very closely related to the DNA of residents of the Bering Strait:
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Furthermore, the information contained in the text, that “Some claim they migrated from Asia, but that makes little sense because American Indians are very different in many ways from Chinese and Asian Indians. Even their blood types are typically different” is incorrect. Since the migration took place a minimum of thousands of years ago, it is not to be expected that the two peoples would look exactly identical, since isolated populations naturally diversify. Besides, “blood type” is actually a very poor to forensically determine the genealogical origins of an ethnicity; scientists use DNA analysis to determine ethnicity (perhaps this is what is meant). But the most recent research shows that the DNA of most American Indian tribes are all descended from a common ancestor, and that they are all very closely related to the DNA of residents of the Bering Strait:
    
Now, after painstakingly comparing DNA samples from people in dozens of modern-day Native American and Eurasian groups, an international team of scientists thinks it can put the matter to rest: Virtually without exception the new evidence supports the single ancestral population theory.
 
Now, after painstakingly comparing DNA samples from people in dozens of modern-day Native American and Eurasian groups, an international team of scientists thinks it can put the matter to rest: Virtually without exception the new evidence supports the single ancestral population theory.

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