http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/Chase/611 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/430944.stm The link above is explaining findings that the first true American's were actually from Australia and that Asians (believed to be&nbsp;closely related to Native Americans) actually massacred the Australians and took over.&nbsp; So this means white people were here first?&nbsp; No, actually, Black people were.... hmmm...&nbsp; I'm definately going to look into this further once I get a chance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm not taking it for truth yet, but time will tell. Thoughts? * update:&nbsp; I've been looking through more and more documents and, although the story varies somewhat in details,&nbsp;the idea of American settlers (both North and South) being of&nbsp;Asian decent is now being questioned.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is evidence that is suggesting that&nbsp;people have migrated from Africa, Australia and even Europe, pre-bering strait period and that they did so via&nbsp;baot (which they've also&nbsp;found evidence of).&nbsp; Very intriguing.&nbsp; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/430944.stm The link above is explaining findings that the first true American's were actually from Australia and that Asians (believed to be&nbsp;closely related to Native Americans) actually massacred the Australians and took over.&nbsp; So this means white people were here first?&nbsp; No, actually, Black people were.... hmmm...&nbsp; I'm definately going to look into this further once I get a chance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm not taking it for truth yet, but time will tell. Thoughts? * update:&nbsp; I've been looking through more and more documents and, although the story varies somewhat in details,&nbsp;the idea of American settlers (both North and South) being of&nbsp;Asian decent is now being questioned.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is evidence that is suggesting that&nbsp;people have migrated from Africa, Australia and even Europe, pre-bering strait period and that they did so via&nbsp;baot (which they've also&nbsp;found evidence of).&nbsp; Very intriguing.&nbsp; en-us I should clarify that one of the reasons this article and a barrage of others caught my attention because it re-affirms my theory that Ive had on humanity to begin with.&nbsp; My basic theory is that people take people over.&nbsp; It's not isolated to white people as a lot of people would like to believe (and Im not suggesting that you are saying that, this is a very generalized statement).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> On the sympathy thing:&nbsp; the reason I bring that up is because in every immigration debate that comes up, somebody will inevitably throw down &quot;Well... Native Americans!&quot; and then BAM! Everyone has to shut up and feel guilty for something that&nbsp;<br /> <br /> a.) they are not responsible for in any way<br /> b.) is, what I feel,&nbsp;something that happens between humans, and isnt unique to Europeans.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> If these discoveries are accurate though, then that argument, to me, becomes invalid.&nbsp; Not that it would absolve the more recent of histories, but it would reveal that even those before us were responsible for a takeover, primitive or &quot;sophisticated&quot;, and that humans take each other over and kill.&nbsp; It is a sad thing, but this is why we must move beyond our more base human instincts.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Like I said though, Im not taking it as complete truth just yet.&nbsp; However, I think there is some deeper truth to things that people dont always see or want to see.&nbsp; I mean, how long was the earth flat for and how long was cocaine used as a local anesthetic? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/Chase/611/#c_7958 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/Chase/611/#c_7958 I should clarify that one of the reasons this article and a barrage of others caught my attention because it re-affirms my theory that Ive had on humanity to begin with.&nbsp; My basic theory is that people take people over.&nbsp; It's not isolated to white people as a lot of people would like to believe (and Im not suggesting that you are saying that, this is a very generalized statement).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> On the sympathy thing:&nbsp; the reason I bring that up is because in every immigration debate that comes up, somebody will inevitably throw down &quot;Well... Native Americans!&quot; and then BAM! Everyone has to shut up and feel guilty for something that&nbsp;<br /> <br /> a.) they are not responsible for in any way<br /> b.) is, what I feel,&nbsp;something that happens between humans, and isnt unique to Europeans.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> If these discoveries are accurate though, then that argument, to me, becomes invalid.&nbsp; Not that it would absolve the more recent of histories, but it would reveal that even those before us were responsible for a takeover, primitive or &quot;sophisticated&quot;, and that humans take each other over and kill.&nbsp; It is a sad thing, but this is why we must move beyond our more base human instincts.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Like I said though, Im not taking it as complete truth just yet.&nbsp; However, I think there is some deeper truth to things that people dont always see or want to see.&nbsp; I mean, how long was the earth flat for and how long was cocaine used as a local anesthetic?