Did the Japanese find America 5,000 years ago?

Once again the argument that Japanese people have found America over 5,000 years ago is reinforced by genetic connections.

Historically, Christopher Comumbus, in his 1492 maritime expedition, found America.

In the 60s of the last century, archaeologist Betty Meggers said that the similarity in pottery of Valdivia culture in Ecuador and Jomon in Japan is proof that Japanese fishermen have found America. about 5,000 years ago. Meggers said that trans-ocean connections explain the cultural similarity between the two cultures. However, her thesis was rejected.

Is Christopher Columbus not the first to find America?

In April 2013, a group of international scientists published the results of the chemical composition analysis of burning fat on the surface of broken ceramic pieces from the Jomon period, Japan. Accordingly, this fat layer consists mainly of fat from marine fish.

At the same time, the largest genetic study to date proved that South American residents are now part of an Ecuadorian branch, linked to East Asians. This means that the Asian genetic resources were 'emigrated' to South America around 6,000 years ago, at the same time as the period of prosperity of the Jomon dynasty in Japan.

It was these new discoveries that reinforced Meggers's inferences, that Japanese fishermen have found the Americas before Christopher Columbus.