[exDemMom]

Exactly! That's why I specified that Columbus' discovery led to the settlement of the continent by Europeans and modern Asians.

One thing I do wonder is why the Asians that came here 16,000 years ago never accomplished much, while the Asians that remained in Asia built civilizations. At some point, they had similar cultures, didn't they?

[COBOL2Java]

One thing I do wonder is why the Asians that came here 16,000 years ago never accomplished much, while the Asians that remained in Asia built civilizations. At some point, they had similar cultures, didn't they?

The Asians that remained in Asia didn't have peyote...

[PIF]

The invasion of modern Asians, aka native americans, aka the Lenape killed off the prior civilizations: the mound builders et al.