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Post by Captain Alexander Kynes on Jun 22, 2007 8:37:28 GMT
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A short Essay I wrote for Social Studies, based on the origins of American First Nations people (how they got to the Americas.) I hope it's not too boring, but I did get the highest mark in the class for it, so enjoy.
FIRST NATIONS ORIGIN
C.P Fynes
Since the dawn of humanity and her existence, mankind has pursued a burning desire to improve both itself and it’s mother soil. The requisite of steady progress fresh in our ancestor’s minds, they fled the confines of their mountainous dwellings, and forged stable society from the seeds of their nomadic castes. As those societies expanded their influence across the globe, technology advanced, and effected changes on the forming civilizations. Such notable discoveries as agriculture, complex political systems, and the printing press allowed the state leaders to feed, govern, and educate their people, respectively. Finally, when the great parties of the known world (according to Europeans) was exploited to it’s limit, new territories were needed, and new commercial endeavours would prove essential to feed the European struggle for supremacy. Blindly crossing the Atlantic ocean, the crews of four Spanish vessels stumbled upon the Americas. Surprisingly, new strains of humanity were found by the explorers. Much to the misfortune of humanitarianism, these generally peaceful and (in their own manner) civilized natives were exploited and mistreated by the growing foreign presence. As the dust of exploration settled, and mankind admitted they had chartered all of the land on Earth, questions rose related to the existence of America-based humans. As the two American continents had been completely isolated from the rest of the world’s land body for the duration of mankind’s evolutionary existence. Theories were founded and established on the topic of the ‘First Nations,’ but none compare (in plausibility and evidence) to the ‘Berengia’ land bridge theory.
In essence, the theory states that the peoples of north America migrated to the Americas by a large land bridge that previously spanned what is now called the Bering Strait. The nomadic peoples of North East Asia wandered onto North America by chasing wild game. This land bridge is referred to as Beringia. After migration, it took about 1000 years for humanity to reach the southernmost lands of the Americas. Thus far in the First Nations Origin debate, this theory prevails as the most popular and scientific ideal of the 5 major theories. These theories include the motion that prehistoric humans achieved North American immigration by ’island hopping along the Pacific.’ Another theory states that the First Nations have always resided in the Americas, since the dawn of time.
Connecting Siberia to the shores of Alaska, Beringia has been depicted as a large grassy plain. The inhabitants of North East Asia were primarily nomadic tribes. This characteristic can be found in many of the North American factions, especially the North American bands, who settled upon the land first. The plains people were largely nomadic, and centered their itineraries upon the tracks of game, such as Bison. This is a common quality shared with the Asian tribes. In fact, had it not been for this restless nature, the Americas may never have been settled by First Nations, and Europeans would have discovered a barren land, and died due to lack of First Nations aid. Another trait shared by First Nations and Asians is their tanned complexion. It is lighter then that of the Indonesian peoples (Island Migration theory) yet darker then that of a Caucasian. Although this is a rather light piece of evidence, it should be taken into account. Visual perception of these two peoples identifies resemblance, as well as some differences which would have formed naturally due to natural evolution.
Obviously, the least plausible of the theories is that of which states that the First Nations peoples originated and evolved in the Americas. This is a dismissible thought, as the possibilities of two identical strains of species developing in two separate parts of the global as astronomically small. Besides, the Americas did not originally nurture our evolutionary predecessor, the Chimpanzee. The Island Migration theory is partially plausible, but there seems to be little motivation in ‘island hopping’ across an entire ocean. In conclusion, the Land Bridge theory is the answer to this persistent mystery. As science and logic would dictate, this should be the accepted answer to an epoch-long question. In mankind’s insatiable lust for progress, a few faulty theories should never impede the truth.
FIRST NATIONS ORIGIN
C.P Fynes
Since the dawn of humanity and her existence, mankind has pursued a burning desire to improve both itself and it’s mother soil. The requisite of steady progress fresh in our ancestor’s minds, they fled the confines of their mountainous dwellings, and forged stable society from the seeds of their nomadic castes. As those societies expanded their influence across the globe, technology advanced, and effected changes on the forming civilizations. Such notable discoveries as agriculture, complex political systems, and the printing press allowed the state leaders to feed, govern, and educate their people, respectively. Finally, when the great parties of the known world (according to Europeans) was exploited to it’s limit, new territories were needed, and new commercial endeavours would prove essential to feed the European struggle for supremacy. Blindly crossing the Atlantic ocean, the crews of four Spanish vessels stumbled upon the Americas. Surprisingly, new strains of humanity were found by the explorers. Much to the misfortune of humanitarianism, these generally peaceful and (in their own manner) civilized natives were exploited and mistreated by the growing foreign presence. As the dust of exploration settled, and mankind admitted they had chartered all of the land on Earth, questions rose related to the existence of America-based humans. As the two American continents had been completely isolated from the rest of the world’s land body for the duration of mankind’s evolutionary existence. Theories were founded and established on the topic of the ‘First Nations,’ but none compare (in plausibility and evidence) to the ‘Berengia’ land bridge theory.
In essence, the theory states that the peoples of north America migrated to the Americas by a large land bridge that previously spanned what is now called the Bering Strait. The nomadic peoples of North East Asia wandered onto North America by chasing wild game. This land bridge is referred to as Beringia. After migration, it took about 1000 years for humanity to reach the southernmost lands of the Americas. Thus far in the First Nations Origin debate, this theory prevails as the most popular and scientific ideal of the 5 major theories. These theories include the motion that prehistoric humans achieved North American immigration by ’island hopping along the Pacific.’ Another theory states that the First Nations have always resided in the Americas, since the dawn of time.
Connecting Siberia to the shores of Alaska, Beringia has been depicted as a large grassy plain. The inhabitants of North East Asia were primarily nomadic tribes. This characteristic can be found in many of the North American factions, especially the North American bands, who settled upon the land first. The plains people were largely nomadic, and centered their itineraries upon the tracks of game, such as Bison. This is a common quality shared with the Asian tribes. In fact, had it not been for this restless nature, the Americas may never have been settled by First Nations, and Europeans would have discovered a barren land, and died due to lack of First Nations aid. Another trait shared by First Nations and Asians is their tanned complexion. It is lighter then that of the Indonesian peoples (Island Migration theory) yet darker then that of a Caucasian. Although this is a rather light piece of evidence, it should be taken into account. Visual perception of these two peoples identifies resemblance, as well as some differences which would have formed naturally due to natural evolution.
Obviously, the least plausible of the theories is that of which states that the First Nations peoples originated and evolved in the Americas. This is a dismissible thought, as the possibilities of two identical strains of species developing in two separate parts of the global as astronomically small. Besides, the Americas did not originally nurture our evolutionary predecessor, the Chimpanzee. The Island Migration theory is partially plausible, but there seems to be little motivation in ‘island hopping’ across an entire ocean. In conclusion, the Land Bridge theory is the answer to this persistent mystery. As science and logic would dictate, this should be the accepted answer to an epoch-long question. In mankind’s insatiable lust for progress, a few faulty theories should never impede the truth.
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