Talk:Influences on the Avatar series/@comment-24.242.59.197-20120302221510/@comment-99.70.122.198-20120412024846

First, American Indians are not genetically Asian as they have mutations dinstinguising them from Asians.

Second, haplogroups typical among modern Asians and Europeans (all Eurasians) are mutations of founding African haplogroups. Are Asians and Europeans then genetically Africans seeing how mtDNA would expectedly direct both populations back to their African ancestors?

Third, a 20,000 year layover in an isolated piece of land (Beringia) that is currently submerged with no one laying any claim to it, is enough time to make Indians their own people distinct from Eurasians, especially Asian people.

Fourth, American Indians are descendants of a paleo Eurasian population that gave rise to both modern Europeans and Asians. So, no, Indians aren't Asian anymore than you are African.

Fifth, the series has influences from both groups, Asian and Indians (however, small). It's a combo of two distinct groups.

Claims of making Indians Asian are purely Asian nationalism, supremacy, neo-colonialism, etc.