+207 The phrase native Americans is actually an oxymoron. They came from Asia too, and probably originated in the middle east like the everyone else, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You mean Africa?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, that is up for debate. There is little know about the true origins. Some believe we began in Africa, others in Asia. Of course, there's the possibility that we originated before the split of pangea... Who knows?! But I agree... the Native Americans aren't Native to America.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's no debate in the scientific community. We are 100% certain that the first humans were in Africa around 200,000 years ago, in what is today Erhiopia.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*Ethiopia

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, it's not 100% certain. I'm by no means an expert, but I took a class on North American archaeology this past semester and we learned that while it is most certain that humans began there journey in Africa, we do know that all humans aside from those in Africa passed through the Middle East. Anyway, in my original post I was thinking of this fact, that all Europeans, Asians, Aborigines and "Native" Americans passed through the middle east. Given that we can assume it started in Africa, I should have said Africa. Thanks for the correction. And I think this is a very interesting topic.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

im pretty sure it was northern Africa, like egypt then we moved to the middle east

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They're called 'Native' Americans because they were in America before everyone else. It doesn't mean they were originally from America, it just means they were here longer.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They were just the original inhabitants of the continent. Not that they were "native" to it. given, they'd been here for thousands of years but still.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, species that are "native" to an area aren't necessarily started there. They were just there long enough to be part of the food web. Therefore, Native Americans (who, unlike Europeans, actually were part of the food chain) are native.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Genetically, they're not the same as Europeans or Africans ( little things, obviously we're all homo sapiens sapiens).

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Although I agree it's NOT an oxymoron, an oxymoron is when two words that mean something that contradict each other, like freezer burn, all you're saying is that native American is innaccurate. Learn your terminology

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"like the everyone else?" Why, hello Ms. Teen South Carolina! Maybe Native Americans came from the Iraq? Haha kids nowadays.. So cute with their inability to write properly.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, a good amount of evidence points to the origins of the human to be in Africa, along with a variety of other mammals, not to mention the middle east is the first recorded CIVILIZATION, not human

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How did America become a nation? The inhabitants prior to the invasion of the Europeans were not Americans. They had many nations and America was not any one of them.

by Anonymous 1 month ago