Asclepias
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The hypothesis of Caucasians being the first Americans is backed up by DNA evidence. Modern Native Americans have European DNA markers.
Ancient DNA Links Native Americans With Europe
Sounds interesting but it also sounds like they dont really know. How can he be Native American but not be?
One expected relationship was missing from the picture: The boy's genome showed no connection to modern East Asians. DNA studies of living people strongly suggest that East Asiansperhaps Siberians, Chinese, or Japanesemake up the major part of Native American ancestors. So how could the boy be related to living Native Americans, but not to East Asians? "This was kind of puzzling at first," Willerslev told the meeting. But there seemed little doubt that the finding was correct, he said, because nearly all Native Americans from North and South America were equally related to the Mal'ta child, indicating that he represented very deep Native American roots.