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I don't know why this discussion of American Indians is appearing in 
sci.lang but, since it is, corrections are in order.

In article <869@tdat.teradata.COM> swf@teradata.com (Stanley Friesen) 
writes:
> |The "native americans" are descended from "orientals" (boy, am I glad 
Scott
> |isn't looking over my shoulder today...).
> 
> But it is true nonetheless.  Genetically, and even anatomically, they
> are closer to the older Asian racial stock than to any other.

This is only true if you are talking about NORTHERN ASIANS.  Actually, 
genetically, American Indians (the term we Indians overwhelmingly prefer 
over Native American, BTW) are far closer to Caucasians than to 
Southeastern Asians.  Scientific American has had at least two articles in 
the last few years on racial discoveries from genetic research.  
Basically, Caucasian (including those other Indians in South Asia), 
Northern Asians, and American Indians form one filum of related races 
while Southeastern Asians, Australian Aborigines, and Malayo-Polynesians 
form another.  The third filum consists only of African Negros.  So much 
for the idea of "People of Color" or the old classification of Mongoloid, 
Caucasoid, and Negroid. 

Jim May
CSU Chico