[rktman]

Uh, natives as in central asians that managed to get across the Aleutians and settle in North America? Those asians? ;-)

[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?