When did Native Americans land in the Americas?

doodlesmom

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:41 pm

Google, obviously claims 15,000 to 30,000 years ago.
What do we believe?

Also curious how come 2 groups of people the Europeans and the Native Americans, and one goes on to advance their lives technologically and otherwise so much more than the other? What’s the reason behind it?

giftedmom

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:53 pm

The theory is that they walked over from Siberia. They were very technologically advanced it’s just not so well known as a lot of them died out or were killed.

Einikel

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:56 pm

giftedmom wrote:

The theory is that they walked over from Siberia. They were very technologically advanced it’s just not so well known as a lot of them died out or were killed.

How did they walk over water?

ectomorph

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:56 pm

It's an interesting question. After the mabul, things shifted for a while. They have versions of the Flood story also.

The time estimates are questionable. It used to be thought that certain things took thousands of years to form. But then scientists observed things like this:

https://creationtoday.org/rapi.....tion/

doodlesmom

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:58 pm

giftedmom wrote:

The theory is that they walked over from Siberia. They were very technologically advanced it’s just not so well known as a lot of them died out or were killed.

How were they technologically advanced?

octopus

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:58 pm

Einikel wrote:

How did they walk over water?

They believe there was a narrow strip of land like a land straight that they crossed over. And then it broke off over time.

octopus

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 7:59 pm

They also believe that all the continents broke off from each other. It was called pangea. You can look and see that all the pieces of the continents look like a puzzle that fit into each other. Over time and natural disasters? The tectonic plates shifted and caused a land shift.

Genius

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:00 pm

Isn’t the water frozen in the winter? They could’ve walked over then, no?

Einikel

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:03 pm

Genius wrote:

Isn’t the water frozen in the winter? They could’ve walked over then, no?

Interesting! I didn't think oceans freeze unless it was way colder then.

URHL

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:06 pm

I've heard that the arctic was mostly frozen back then
global warming I guess
according to my brother, who considers himself a history aficionado of sorts, the people in northern Russia look similar to Native Americans.

puzzle

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:06 pm

Einikel wrote:

Interesting! I didn't think oceans freeze unless it was way colder then.

According to google: At least 15 percent of the ocean is covered by sea ice some part of the year. Ocean water freezes just like freshwater, but at lower temperatures.

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:07 pm

Why not by boat?

By the dor haflogo they spread out

watergirl

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:09 pm

Einikel wrote:

How did they walk over water?

They didn't. The land was all connected once upon a time. Google “Pangea”.

Genius

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:10 pm

Einikel wrote:

Interesting! I didn't think oceans freeze unless it was way colder then.

I vaguely remember hearing about the possibility of walking/driving between Alaska and Russia. It’s relatively narrow and very high up north so it’s not that strange if true.

Don’t imagine it like the Atlantic Ocean frozen at the Coney Island beach.

watergirl

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:10 pm

octopus wrote:

Just saw this after I posted about Pangea. This topic (the land and the plates) always fascinated me. Best part of 5th grade.

Miranda Wright

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:11 pm

Einikel wrote:

How did they walk over water?

There used to be a land bridge connecting Alaska to Siberia, under what is now the Bering Strait.

zaq

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:18 pm

The theory is that sea levels were lower and a narrow strip of dry land existed where the Bering Strait now lies. The "bridge" wasn't like a suspension bridge that could break off or wear out--it was simply a dry place that was covered by water as sea levels rose.

doodlesmom

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:18 pm

watergirl wrote:

They didn't. The land was all connected once upon a time. Google “Pangea”.

Humans weren’t around at that time of Pangea

Genius

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:20 pm

I should really research vague things I hear because Genius feels phenomenally Dumb this fine evening.

sequoia

Thu, Jan 11 2024, 8:21 pm

ectomorph wrote:

That is not a website you should be linking to.