• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    I mean it’s the fertile crescent. It’s been likely that it’s been being recolonized for hundreds of thousands of years. Not really any other landroutes out of Africa.

    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
      711·
      1 year ago

      Which means that nobody there is indigenous. The actual indigenous peoples have been genocided over millennia.

      • palal@lemmy.mlEnglish
        53·
        1 year ago

        Indigenous people having rights is a rather modern concept in terms of human history.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        Or that many groups have indigenous claims to the area.

        For example, pacific islanders didnt’ get to many islands till the 900-1100 time period. We’d still call them indigenous peoples of those places.

        More than one thing can be true at the same time.