"Ergyron" Chukotka Arctic Sunrise Fribourg August 2008

[jophisbird]

Very very cool.

[ASTAC10]

AWESOME anymore Videos recent?

[plasmainheartache]

incredible and this dance has truly inspired me and my

dance troupe here in the usa

[chariotofclouds]

this is a stunning dance with the sun

[IslenoGutierrez]

These people are the ancestors of the Native Americans. A group of Chukchi crossed the land bridge at the Bering Strait thousands of years ago, into Alaska during the last Ice Age. They were isolated to North America and traveled all the way down to South America and populated all of the Americas. Just look at the similarities in them with Native Americans. Scientific DNA has identified the Chukchi people to be the ancestors of the Native Americans in all parts of the Americas and Greenland.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

Not even close. The ancestral population was far removed from either branch. There was no Chukchi the 15,000+ years ago the trek was made by that paleo population nor any other modern ethnicity. By that logic, modern-day Black Africans are your ancestors. That sound about right?

[IslenoGutierrez]

@NopeJPeg Of course these people existed 15,000 years ago. They spread into the Americas during the ice age. There has been genetic proof of the genetic ancestral link between Native Americans and the Chukchi. You can even see the Native American culture within their culture. You'd have to be blind not see it. Science has proven the ancestral link. I'll think I'll go with science over your youtube comment. Just because you care not to believe it, doesn't make it so.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

There is evidence suggesting a genetic relationship but that doesn't denote that the modern Amerindian population descended from the chukchi. Rather, a paleo-population ancestral to both gave rise to both populations. I find it hilarious that people don't know how to interpret data. Laymen, I tell you. So, no, the Chukchi are not even close to being the ancestors of American Indians... unless, your next door black neighbor is your grandfather. lol

[IslenoGutierrez]

@NopeJPeg "An even smaller group, estimated at no more than 20 Chukchi, crossed what is now the Bering Sea approximately 13,000 years ago during the last glacial period" Spencer Wells, The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, p. 137-140, 177. Random House, ISBN 0-8129-7146-9 According to a leading geneticist, the Chukchi, whom were identified by DNA, gave rise to the Native Americans. The Chukchi were still the Chukchi 13,000 years ago. The ancient Chukchi were a Paleo-Siberian group.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

I suppose the San migrated out of Africa and not a common ancestral population linking modern-day populations made the trip, right? lol Quote other sources instead of relying on one because researchers definitely don't show personal bias in terminology, right? Who would've thought that genetic sequences have ethnic categories rather than genetic categories. Human language definitely remained static 13,000 years ago along with "ethnic" identity. lol

[IslenoGutierrez]

@NopeJPeg The Chukchi were still the Chukchi 13,000 years ago. These people have the same genetic markers as their ancestors. They are the same people. The Native Americans have been identified as having descended from these people. Spencer Wells did not believe Humans descended from Neanderthals and we didn't There may be some remains of Neanderthal is certain populations, but by far, most of us are not. That's where he was going with that. The proof has already been identified.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

Considering that American Indians have different mutations in their genetic markers, that even the ancestral population had developed mutations in their genetic markers, that differ from eurasians, that would suggest that they are not direct descendants. Didn't think genetic = ethnic identity.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

Correction: genetics =/= ethnic identity.

"The collapse of this ice-free corridor during a few thousand years ≈14,000–20,000 years ago isolated the people south of the ice-sheets, who gave rise to the Amerind, from those still in Beringia; the latter originated the Na-Dene, Eskimo, and probably the Siberian Chukchi." - A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

The Chukchi arose from a common...

[IslenoGutierrez]

@NopeJPeg "The latter originated the Na-Dene, Eskimo, and probably the Siberian Chukchi." that statement doesn't even show certainty to the idea that the Chukchi originated from an ancestral population that originated the Na-Dene and the Eskimo. It said probably, which means they are not certain. Also, since the Chukchi were from the other side of the "ice-free corridor", it makes sense that they were the peoples isolated south of the ice sheets from the collapsed corridor.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

Genetic odyssey is for the common layman. You'd be hardpressed to find any strict scientific article claiming direct ancestry rather than common ancestry. Besides, American Indians had a 20,0000 Beringian layover isolated from eurasians, 7,000 years before the 13,000 year old chukchi. lol

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

ancestral population. They didn't "birth" American Indians.

[IslenoGutierrez]

@NopeJPeg Yes they did "birth" American Indians. How is it that only the Chukchi are the exact group in Eastern Siberia that shows ancestry to Native Americans? It's because a group of them crossed the land bridge. Whether they called themselves Chukchi or not 13,000 years ago, they are still the same people as the people that crossed the land bridge. The Native Americans evolved from them to their present phenotype.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

They show similar genetic markers not ancestry. The chukchi have a "mongoloid" phenotype that is quite recent to older American indian phenotypes. Funny that you quote Wells' conclusion with proven certainty yet question the probability of the chukchi arising much later as insignificant. The chukchi lack haplogroup x which is another founding Indian haplogroup, Also lol at you implying the ancestral population developing further into modern day chukchi.

[NopeJPeg]

@IslenoGutierrez

The same spencer Wells who believed humans didn't descend from neanderthals when a recent study indicated genetic interchange between neanderthals and the ancestors of some modern human groups. Natives still aren't "chukchi", jabroni.

[MorrisMerkx]

Wow, this is beautiful. Thanks a lot for posting this :D!

[Anaris10]

Our Relations!

[lollythunderclould]

indigenous people of russia, very nice.

[eyesearth]

Yes, very nice :))

[hxc4328]

Unbelievable but true. It makes a lot of sense when when the historians said that First Americans man (Pre-colonial) came through the straight of Berin. THe similarities are impressing

Hector of USA-PERU. This is undeniable

[anioana2]

they are Asians' twin sister

[CrazyNative4]

@lollythunderclould this is really cool !

[letykai]

WOW! Spasibo!Vellinqaqun! Qujanaq!