DNA isn't always proof...

A response to a YouTube video on the origins of Olmec sculpture.

See YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdTbKSHyssw

The underlying assumption is that the DNA recovered at the Olmec site was from individuals genetically related to those portrayed in the stone heads, but that's not a given.

Consider this: If Africans found their way to the Americas (possibly fishermen, not sculptors, lost in a storm), indigenous artisans may have modeled the stone heads and other artifacts after the facial features of those Africans. The style is not consistent with African art, but it is with other artworks from the Americas.

While you defend the capacities of the indigenous population, haven't you disrespected the capacities of Africans? One group's abilities don't negate the capacities of the other.