How come the Red Indians or the Natives of America resemble the people from Oriental countries ?

Question

Have you noticed that the Native Americans or the Red Indians have oriental looks resembling those of the Japanese and Chinese. Is there any link between these people by way of common ancestory or something. Are Red Indians the Gog and Magog ?

Answer 1

http://www.nps.gov/archive/bela/html/his...

Yes, look up the historical significance of the Bering Strait.

I have a pretty even mixture of European and Native American in my blood but my daughter has even more Native American on her dad's side and from the time she was a baby until she was about 7 years old people were always asking me if she was Asian. Now that she is older she looks alot more Native American.

Quite a few of us in my family were also born with blotches on our lower backs that are almost green in color which are common in people from the far East.

Answer 2

I guess you are talking about a few of the red Indians.

Otherwise they're really distinct I say.

But just a tad bit of history for you........

Native Americans actually came from asia and originated in siberia and areas close to mongolia and Northern manchuria.

They came across the land bridge that was there before (waaaay back) between north eastern tip of russia nd western end of alaska.

They came in phases to the americas.

Answer 3

because the asians travelled across the bering strait and southward and east.. alaska -> greenland -> canada, usa, central -> south america

Answer 4

nope never noticed that,red indians are what ????

east indians look asian to me

Answer 5

You have had four wonderful answers, all of them correct.

But just to describe the entire journey from beginning to end here it is:

(1)  All humans began in Africa, the earliest remains having been found in the olduvai gorge in Kenya (1½ million years old).

(2) People bgan migrating north and over the centuries some arrived in what is now China.

(3) As they kep migrating, those in the northern areas of China (the mongols) were able to penetrate the arctic regions. Those that stayed there and are still there are the eskimos.

(4) those that kept moving wenst finallly found a way across the ice bridges to what is now North Anmerica.

(5) Eventually (only 11,000 years ago) these hardy people reached the great North American plains. As the climate and diet changed their bodies they became the American Indian.  

The most difficult thing to understand is that the human body sometimes took 100,000 years to mutate and change, for example for the nose to narrow and become longer so as to warm the colder air and for the black African skin to lighten and allow vitamin D to enter the body in the colder climate where the sun was less intense.

It is a fascinating story and I am glad you asked such an interesting question.  Thanks for letting me answer it.

Answer 6

Examining mtDNA is useful for another reason -- it accumulates mutations relatively quickly. Scientists can see how many mutations are present and roughly determine how old that genetic line is. By comparing the number of mtDNA mutations found in people from different locations, we can tell where humans arrived first. The more mutations, the longer humans have lived in that area. All of the mtDNA found in certain parts of Africa has more mutations than any other mtDNA in the world. This evidence strongly supports the Out of Africa theory. However, even with these clues, much about early human migration is uncertain.

Early Migration Routes

When humans first left Africa, they followed the coasts, where resources were abundant. The first wave moved across the Middle East, into southern Asia, and eventually all the way down to Australia [source: National Geographic]. This occurred roughly between 90,000 and 30,000 years ago [source: Haywood]. Additional waves of migration followed. Between 40,000 and 12,000 years ago, humans moved north into Europe. However, their range was limited by an ice sheet that extended into the northern part of continental Europe.

The icy conditions at the time also helped expand early humanity's territory. A massive sheet of ice, combined with lower sea levels, formed a bridge between Siberia and Alaska that we call Beringia. The first humans crossed over 30,000 years ago, moving down the west coast of North America [source: National Geographic]. Other sources suggest a more recent North American migration, starting about 15,000 years ago [source: Haywood]. New evidence seems to keep pushing the date of first North American habitation further and further back. Humans eventually spread into South America and pushed east into what is now the eastern United States and Canada. This theory of North America's settlement is supported by mtDNA evidence and a similarity in the dental structures of Siberian and North American populations of the era.

There have long been competing theories that early humans crossed the Atlantic Ocean, either from Africa to South America or the Caribbean, or from Europe to Greenland to North America. While it may have been possible to make such a trip using available seafaring technology, it is unlikely that a large-scale migration occurred in such a way.

The initial spread of humanity across the Earth was driven primarily by food and climate. Nomadic tribes of up to a few dozen people likely followed the migration patterns of the herd animals they hunted. Climate change opened new areas for hunting, even as technology such as mastery of fire and meat preserving allowed humans to live in less-than-ideal conditions. The human ability to adapt to new circumstances not only gave early humans an advantage over Homo erectus, it also facilitated global expansion.

Answer 7

A long time ago

Asians travelled from Asia to the Americas through Alaska

Answer 8

There's a slight resemblence because that's where native americans originated a long, long, long time ago. But they also look VERY different. A very distinct look.

Answer 9

get your eyes checked...and take your meds...

hahaha

Answer 10

Well at one point in the past the 2 continents of America and Asia were at one point joined together, i presume the peoples from Asia travel the vast land and settled in what we can America today, when the continents drifted apart, there was no way back for them.

Answer 11

No we don't