Are the native americans of mayan, inca or aztec origin?

Question

Or are they of siberian origin?

Answer 1

I'm Eastern Band Cherokee. There are thousands of Native groups, the first three you listed are just a few.

Answer 2

mayans and aztec are native to mexico as we know it today the incas are native to the high mts of the south american continent

Answer 3

Asian which would include Siberia.

"Evidence for diverse migrations into the New World along with archeologiacal evidence also comes from Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) research on living American Indian populations. These studies have consistently shown similarities between American Indians and recent populations in Asia and Siberia, but also unique American characteristics, which the very early crania have also shown. Evidence for only four mtDNA lineages, characterizing over 95 percent of all modern American Indian populations, may suggest a limited number of founding groups migrating from Asia into the New World. Recently, however, a fifth mtDNA lineage named "X" has turned up in living American Indians and in prehistoric remains for which there does not appear to be an Asian origin. The first variant of X was found in Europeans and may have originated in Eurasia.

"A coastal migration route is now gaining more acceptance, rather than the older view of small bands moving on foot across the middle of the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska and into the continents. Emerging evidence suggests that people with boats moved along the Pacific coast into Alaska and northwestern Canada and eventually south to Peru and Chile by 12,500 years ago—and perhaps much earlier. Archaeological evidence in Australia, Melanesia, and Japan indicate boats were in use as far back as 25,000 to 40,000 years ago. Sea routes would have provided abundant food resources and easier and faster movement than land routes. Many coastal areas were unglaciated at this time, providing opportunities for landfall along the way. Several early sites along the coast of Canada, California, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile date between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago. Many potential coastal sites are now submerged, making investigation difficult."

Answer 4

The three groups you mention are native americans, as are hundreds of other groups.  All the groups may share common ancestry from the first to cross the Bering Strait, although there is growing evidence to support multi-migration patterns, including sea routes.

Answer 5

In fact, most the Native Americans in North America are of Siberian origin. Long Ago, in the ice age, the water level was lower, and the now Bering Sea was an exposed landmass (called Beringia). Natives of Siberia frequently crossed over this landmass; however, once the polar ice caps melted, the sea level rose, trapping the Siberians in Alaska. Once there, they migrated throughout North America, and make up most of the Native American tribes today. The Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs stayed in their native South America, and did not migrate northward.

Answer 6

In order to answer your question properly, I need to step back in world history about 15,000 years... The Northern 3rd of the globe was basically covered with ice.  At that time, there were no humanoids living in what is now known as the Americas, and most peoples living in asia were still in the hunter/gather stage of development.  Imagine if you will, a large herd of wandering Mastadons heading north near the coast of modern day Russia... turning east... and then eventually southwards again to find food.  The local peoples there would be doing the same, following the herds... their food source. These people, though related to, were NOT Chinese, but more Siberian/Mongolian... heartier, darker skinned. This shows in our American Eskimoes of today, practically a DNA match to the people of the Mongolian Steppes. And American Eskimoes are able to communicate with Siberian Eskimoes because their languages are much the same. That is only the beginning though... Through generations, splinter tribes moved further south... into every nook and cranny of what is modern day America... each one using what was available to them to survive.  Native Americans of the NW became expert Fishers and Woodworkers, Further east, entire societies lived around what could be gleaned off of their food source, American Bison.  Even further east, farming corn became a way of life. The spread was continuous, each new group going off to settle new lands, as they did, their ways of life started to vary as did their languages. Tribes were formed.. entire civilizations grew where none were before... Including  the Incan Mayan, and Aztec civilizations.  They are all just cousins to the Cheyenne, Algonquins, Sioux, Ute, Snosqualmie, and Eskimo.

That help any?

Answer 7

Native Americans which include all of the North American, Central American, and South American peoples are descended from primarily North East Asian stock that began to migrate into the Americas about 25,000 years ago, and continued to migrate right up to the present day. You could say that the Inuit of Alaska are still in the process of coming over due to the fact that there is still tribal contact on both sides of the Bering Straight. Add a touch of Polynesian in the South Americans, a tiny trace of European to the North Eastern tribes and that is pretty much it.

Answer 8

Maya, Inca, Aztec...they are all Native too... I don't think the others came from them, I think they came from themselves. If humans migrated during a normal nomadic existence then so be it, land is land, only we humans divide it up. But it need not be labeled as "they came from Siberia or these other people," they came from their own ancestors, were always their own people, no matter who, where, or how.

I don't get the obsession with "where they came from" (I don't necessarily mean your asking)...eesh, we all came from each other, from somewhere, why do people constantly try to discredit one group? Even if they did have ancestors stemming from elsewhere, who they are now and have been for many generations is their own distinct group.

Answer 9

Native Americans are of Asian origin. there were many different groups that came to the Americas, which is why different tribes have different physical characteristics.

Answer 10

They are of both European and Asian origin.  An excellent documentary on the subject is "The Real Eve" from the Discovery Channel.  It has nothing to do with religion, and discusses the DNA evidence about our heritage.

Answer 11

Good question.

From what I have learned that American Indians came here through a bridge from Russia to Alaska which is no longer.

The Mayans, Inca, Aztec and Indian from South America came from Polynesian area and crossed through the Pacific Ocean.

Maybe the Mayans, Incas, Aztecs moved to the North America area.

Answer 12

None of the above. Its believed that they migrated across the Bearing Straight so Siberian is most likely.