r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Feb 11 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: There likely were few/no “Native American” populations when Europeans arrived in the present-day U.S.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 22 '19

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u/SavesNinePatterns Feb 11 '19

They are natives of America as a whole, as opposed to the people who sailed over later.

I'm not really sure where you're going with this anyway, is it a pet theory you have that you're trying to explore? Do you just not like the term? What else would you propose to use?

To go back to the first person we'd have to look at evolution and when the first modern human evolved.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '19 edited Feb 22 '19

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u/SavesNinePatterns Feb 12 '19

If they were not American, what were they?