Why is the term "Native Americans" rejected by some historians and anthropologists?

A) because the term "Indian" was used first
B) because the first people on the continent were actually Europeans
C) because the first people on the continent were actually Africans
D) because no human life was "native" to the Western Hemisphere


Answer: D

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