[Strategerist]

Thing of it is in terms of DNA lineage you don't see these possible Austronesian/Melanesian populations in South America currently; those same "different looking" Indians end up having the same Northeast Asian bloodlines.

It seems those populations (which could have lasted longest as some obscure tribes in Baja California, or the Tierra del Fuegans) are basically gone now.

[squarebarb]

Remember the Olmec stone heads.

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"Thing of it is in terms of DNA lineage you don't see these possible Austronesian/Melanesian populations in South America currently; those same "different looking" Indians end up having the same Northeast Asian bloodlines."

'First Americans Were Australian'

"It seems those populations (which could have lasted longest as some obscure tribes in Baja California, or the Tierra del Fuegans) are basically gone now."

When Humboldt(sp) made his exploratory trips around the Tierra del Fuego area, he described two different peoples. One was short and stocky and made their living from the sea, the other was tall and slim, wore animal skins and made their living off the land. Two different peoples.