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Traditionally, the beginning of the United States 'history is considered time of European exploration and settlement from the 16th century until today. But people have lived in America for over 30,000 years before the first European settlers arrived.

When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, he was greeted by a brown-skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion he had finally reached India, and that Therefore, he called Indios, Indians, a name which, however mistaken in its first application continued to hold its own, and has long since won general acceptance, except in strictly scientific writing, where the more accurate term U.S. is commonly used. As exploration was extended north and south it was found that the same race spread across the continent on the shores of the Arctic to Cape Horn, the same everywhere in the main physical characteristics, Except for Eskimos in the far north (whose characteristics suggest Mongolia).

BACKGROUND

Origin and Antiquity

various origins have been assigned to the Indian race. The explanation more or less beleivable follows. At the height of the glacial period, between 34,000 and 30,000 BC, much of the world's water is contained in vast continental ice sheets. Accordingly, the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters below its present level, and a land bridge, known as Beringia, emerged between Asia and North America. At its peak, Beringia is thought to have been some 1,500 kilometers wide. A moist and treeless tundra, it was covered with grasses and plants, attract large animals that early humans hunted for their survival. The first people to reach North America almost certainly aware that they had entered a new continent. They were after the game, as their ancestors had thousands of years along the coast of Siberia, then across the isthmus.

Type racing

The physical characteristics of the most pronounced type Indian race are brown skin, dark brown eyes, high cheekbones, black hair, beard and scarcity. The color is not red, as is commonly supposed, but varies from very light in some tribes like the Cheyenne, to almost black in others, such as the Caddo and Tarimari. In some tribes, like the Flatheads, the skin has a distinct yellowish. The hair is brown in childhood, but always black adults until they become gray with age. Baldness is almost unknown. The eye is not held as open as in the Caucasus and seems better suited to the distance and near work. The nose is generally straight and well formed, and in some tribes strongly aquiline. Their hands and feet are relatively small. Size and weight vary among Europeans, the average Pueblo, but a little over five feet, while the Cheyenne and Arapaho are exceptionally tall, and almost Tehuelche of Patagonia massive construction . In general, the desert Indians, including Apache, are spare and muscular build, while those woodlands are heavier, but not proportionately higher. The beard is still thin, but increases with the mixture of white blood. The erroneous idea that the Indian has naturally no beard is due to the fact that in most tribes, it is snatched as fast it grows, the eyebrows are treated the same way. There is no tribe of "white Indians, but albinos with blond skin, weak pink eyes and almost white hair are occasionally found, especially among the Pueblos.

Cultural areas

From prehistoric times until recent historic times, there were about six major cultural ar.