MGT 3200 Chapter : 10
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Thousands of siberians at different times into north america that ultimately populate into continents. Linguists argue that all native american languages are rooted in a single language that is responsible to host the native american languages. Independent separate languages coming from siberia that became many different separate languages. 1990s- geneticists start studying the genetics of different native americans, finding that as few as four or five women are responsible for 95% of the. Native american population, this would suggest a single migration. After they got to north america, they separated. We don"t know how many native americans were here in 1492, several estimates. There is an agreement as to where they lived, about 80% south of the rio grande. Two major civilizations that they formed were in central mexico and peru, the. Called indians once they came to north america. Early 1970s, the term amerindian came up to distinguish native americans from indians of india.
