Amerindians are an ancient Eurasian race and closest to Central Asians

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Originally Posted by Ouroboros

Nice thread. Good anthropology contribution instead of the usual blabbering about who's lighter.

Which percentage is the best for the Amerindians West Eurasian ancestry? 25% or 50%?

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Well it actually varies. Karitiana , Surui who are Amazonian tribes are 100% Amerindian and they are around 25-30% West Eurasian. On the other hand, other Native Americans such as Mayans, Peruvians can be around 35-50% West Eurasian as they often have slight Euro admixture although they are still predominantly Native genetic wise (something like 78-85% Amerindian).

This PCA gives a good idea of where Amerindians would cluster in terms of Eurasian global context

https://postimg.org/delete/cqxvlknhs/ (I can't put it in the image format for some reason)

I meant phenotype-wise, some Amerindians and especially Indo-Mestizos look more South Asian than East Asian.

I dont think anyone suggested that Amerindians are Mongoloid, instead they harbour ~50%+ Han like ancestry, which makes them half mongoloid descended, the other half is the ANE Mammoth hunters, and as they made their way through the Berring straight, they picked up minor Siberian/Eskimo.

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Originally Posted by zarzian

I dont think anyone suggested that Amerindians are Mongoloid, instead they harbour ~50%+ Han like ancestry, which makes them half mongoloid descended, the other half is the ANE Mammoth hunters, and as they made their way through the Berring straight, they picked up minor Siberian/Eskimo.

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Well maybe not anyone here but there are many people elsewhere including other forums who considered Amerindians as an extension of Mongoloid race.

Why does it have to be 50% Han-like ancestry? Why can't it be 50% Ainu or 50% Siberian-like?

Also are there any Amerinds that are more ANE than Eastern Asian-related?

Native americans are predominantly east eurasian and then they score some north eurasian after that.

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Originally Posted by Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin

Native americans are predominantly east eurasian and then they score some north eurasian after that.

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That is incorrect. Native Americans are only 50% East Eurasian-related at most. You are ignoring the very significant Ancient North Eurasian/Mal'ta-related ancestry that they have.

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Originally Posted by Zuvaq

That is incorrect. Native Americans are only 50% East Eurasian-related at most. You are ignoring the very significant Ancient North Eurasian/Mal'ta-related ancestry that they have.

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Wrong they arent. They are predominantly east eurasian and then some north eurasian

Clovis predominantly east eurasianhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4f6965a223.jpg

Native Americans are very diverse. Racially, the North American types seem to be similar to Central Asians, Kazakhs in particular. But obviously their roots are far more ancient. They had crossed into the Americas before I think there were definitive Caucasoid and Mongoloid races, though they probably have retained more Mongoloid influence. They also evolved independently in the Americas as well.

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Originally Posted by Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin

Wrong they arent. They are predominantly east eurasian and then some north eurasian

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Nope. They are 50% East Eurasian and 50% ANE. You are heavily underestimating the north eurasian ancestry of Amerindians.