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LOL at the notion that Amerindians are part of the "Mongoloid" race. They are actually their own separate ancient Eurasian race. They can be described as Eurasian at most but not Mongoloids.
If I remember correctly, Petalpusher stated once that Amerindians are actually situated best in the middle of Eurasia which is approximately Central Asia in PCA.
This PCA demonstrated well where Amerindians are located in terms of their Eurasian affinities
As one can see here, Amerindians are closest to South-Central Asians. There are two Amerindian clusters, one that is closer to Kyrgyz (not sure which Native pop) and one that is closer to Nepalis (not sure which Native but probably Bolivian).
For those who considered Native Americans as part of the "Mongoloid" race, they also have to consider Papuans, Australian Aborigines as "Mongoloid" as well as both groups are in the same Mega Eastern Non-African genetic group with "Mongoloids" but don't really cluster with them (Mongoloids).
As one can see, both are equidistant from Mongoloids aka Eastern Asians.
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