Figure 1.--Here is a lovely modern portrait by B. Ferrari. We know nothing about the artist. He provides a wonderful impresionistiv view of Native American regalia. We do not think he has the boy quite right. He looks more like a Caucasian boy with dark skin than a Natove American boy. |
Anatomically modern Native Americans generally resemble Mongolian and Siberian tribes evidence of the migration over a land bridge that existed between Siberia and Alaska. The culture of those original Asian peoples was very primitive at the time, without domestic animals other than the dog. This explains the lack of cultural similarity between Native Americans and modern Asian people. These migrations occurred in sucessive migrations spanning thousands of years and eventually peopling the Americas to the tip of Patagonia. Neat anthropological explanations of the origins of Native Americans have come into question during recent years. Recent anthropolical discoveries have found the remains of Native Americans remains that bear no resemblence to modern Native Americans. These remains have been dated at 9,000-13,000 years old at scattered western locations. They are referred to as Kennewick Man after a discovery onear the banks of the Colombia River in Washington in 1996. Other discoveries have been made in locations as diverse as a south Florida sink hole and a cave in Brazil's cebtral plateau. Kennewick Man's skull features do not fit any known population, lending credence to the theory that there were many migrations to North America from various points of origin. Other ancient remains shiw afinities with native Australians, Aftrican bushmen, Polynesians, medieval Scandinavians, and Ainu from northern Japan, as well as central, southern, and southeast Asians.
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