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Were the first Americans Native Americans?

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No. The fact is that we do not know who the first "Americans" were. There are a number of theories but no conclusive proof that can be traced back to any other culture. Some theories place the first immigrants coming from:

Polynesia
South East Asia
Japan
Siberia
China
Northern Europe
North Africa
Middle East

It is just as possible (although undoubtedly refuted by anthropologists and archaeologists) that human life could have begun in and abandoned the Western Hemisphere, only to return at a later time. Keep in mind that paleoanthropology and paleoarchaeology are largely scientific guesswork.

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