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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:

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.''

“Our work provides strong evidence that, in general, Native Americans are more closely related to each other than to any other existing Asian populations, except those that live at the very edge of the Bering Strait,” said Kari Britt Schroeder, a lecturer at the University of California, Davis, and the first author on the paper describing the study. (From UC Davis publication)''''

''“Our work provides strong evidence that, in general, Native Americans are more closely related to each other than to any other existing Asian populations, except those that live at the very edge of the Bering Strait,” said Kari Britt Schroeder, a lecturer at the University of California, Davis, and the first author on the paper describing the study. (From UC Davis publication)''

There are numerous theories pertaining to the origin of the Native Americans, ranging from the plausible, such as the crossing of the Pacific in rafts and colonization of South America, to the ridiculous, such as the descent of all Native Americans from Israeli tribes, a theory espoused by the many Mormons. But the most plausible seems to be the prehistoric crossing of the Bering Straight.

There are numerous theories pertaining to the origin of the Native Americans, ranging from the plausible, such as the crossing of the Pacific in rafts and colonization of South America, to the ridiculous, such as the descent of all Native Americans from Israeli tribes, a theory espoused by the many Mormons. But the most plausible seems to be the prehistoric crossing of the Bering Straight.