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> As we gather more data our understanding of human migration inevitably clashes with identity politics/nationalism It's funny you should mention this, as I sa
by jgalt212 4y ago
> As we gather more data our understanding of human migration inevitably clashes with identity politics/nationalism
It's funny you should mention this, as I saw the documentary and I seem to remember some North American indigenous tribes refusing to participate. Their reasoning was the Nat Geo was just trying to prove they were immigrants like everyone else.
- tyjen 4y agoYou probably know this having watched the documentary, but I'm just adding context for others. It's primarily because many American tribes try to maintain religious beliefs in conflict with an immigrant identity. Although, evidence points to most of the earliest American humans immigrating across the Bering Land Bridge ~20,000 years ago. The religious stories tribes tell depict that they came from American caves, soil, water sources or other nature-related points of origin. It's religious-based denialism, no different than what other major religions do when their beliefs conflict with reality.
- jgalt212 4y ago> It's religious-based denialism, no different than what other major religions do when their beliefs conflict with reality. Except it's no longer 1610.