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[–] newoldwave ago 

How long ago did someone have to have arrived on the American continent to be classified as native? Humans didn't originate here.

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[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD ago 

Iirc their closest genetic match was the native inhabitants of the Ryuku islands in Japan

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[–] Le_Squish 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

North America was peopled in multiple events. Conclusively caucasian remains have been found in the northern latitudes suggesting that ancient Europeans did reach north America during glaciation but never successfully established a lasting civilization until recently.

Edit: South America has more interesting history.

http://www.louisbeam.com/kennewick.htm

Because of a trait called shovel shaped dentition it is easy to visually identify human remains of non-mongoloid origin.

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[–] AfricanZionSafari ago  (edited ago)

All Native Americans can trace their genetic lineage back to central Asia. They are not actually "native" they came across during the last ice age.

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[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Some but certainly not all.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/628827/ANCIENT-ROMANS-America-eerie-discovery-change-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Phoenician_discovery_of_the_Americas

While a lot of this is based on a very scant archaeological record, it's certainly possible that asians and europeans came to the Americas at various points in history.

As far as the genocide there are many better ways to put this in context. The Americas (like the rest of the world) was a land of violent savages prior to Europeans bringing enlightenment ideals to the continent. Most of the genocide was due purely to disease which was a happy accident form the European perspective but otherwise unpreventable. Beyond that the characterization of native american's as peaceful hunters is simply put inaccurate. They were a collection of warring tribes and slavers. The very concept of a "Native American" is just not accurate. It's lumping together countless tribes under one banner.