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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
Few points...
1. I'm pretty sure "negroid" and "negro" are outdated terms and are considered offensive.
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Firstly, who cares? Secondly, "Negroid" is the proper scientific term as is "Caucasoid" and "Mongoloid."
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2. The people I posted don't meet your own definition of "negroid." They fit only 2 of the 4 criteria.
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I'll give you that simply because it doesn't make a bit of difference. Obviously, there's been a lot of interbreeding going on between now and the time the Olmec heads were carved so other racial traits are bound to show up sooner or later.
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3. You started out making the argument that the statues were of black men, and now you're shifting the goal posts to include present day South Americans who are not black in an umbrella group.
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See my above remark.
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4. Different racial characteristics among different groups of natives does not establish that they migrated from a different part of the old world. Racial characteristics evolve just like anything else. An analysis of their DNA would do a better job at establishing that.
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Evolution requires far longer lengths of time generally. Analysis of DNA helps but is not the final word. Analysis of blood groups yield up just as much information. Customs and language similarities are often even better indicators because they can pin down just when contact between two groups took place.