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What happened to Central America?

It was taught that the American Continent was divided in 3. North, Middle and South America. You have divided it into two, which I think is incorrect and then show maps with the way is supposed to be, meaning 3 parts. Besides being confusing, I believe Central America it's it's own section. Otherwise, we well.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BC1E:E1D0:8C96:A7CA:62D9:E2BD (talk) 16:57, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What country were you in when you were taught that? Most English-speaking countries use the 7-continent model, in which North and South America are considered 2 different continents, and Central America snd the Caribbean are a part of North America. Countries in Latin America and parts of Europe, especially the Romance-language countries, use the 6-continent model, in which America is a single continent with 3 subcontinents, North, Central, and South. English WP uses the 7 continent model, while Spanish WP uses the 6-continent model. Neither continent model is incorrect, just different. - BilCat (talk) 23:43, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Middle America includes the central american countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) and Mexico. Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 19:56, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Central America cont.

This is interesting because I did learn this in the US but I can say that it was never said that Central America was a continent. Why is there a page on wikipedia for Central America which doesn't include Mexico? Seems silly that Mexico is a part of the North American group as it has little cultural connection...well at least these days. With all the changes, I am sure there will be more connection in the future. I hate to say though, I still won't accept Mexico or Mexicans as North Americans. Even in Mexico, Mexicans call people from the US 'Norte Americanos' Mexicans are much like the other states in the central landmass south of the border.183.89.210.212 (talk) 13:06, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are they really that different? The differences between Northern Mexican states and Southern USA ones are really not that many, as much as racists would like to believe otherwise. That's one of the reasons I personally consider separating America into two continents to be silly: it was and still is a cultural continuum from Murchison Promontory to Magallanes with very few exceptions. 190.109.207.7 (talk) 18:39, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
And before you ask, no I'm not trying to defy the consensus there and saying that it must be done as I'd prefer. 190.109.207.7 (talk) 18:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Middle America includes Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Central America is all of that excluding Mexico. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunkleosteus77 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Humans in North America

There are two main theories of how humans arrived in North America. The Bering Land Bridge (Beringia) is the most popular theory [1] [2] [3] [4], but some scientists believe that they could've come from France [5] (because of their shared Clovis technology) which is known as the Solutrean hypothesis, named after the Solutrean Period in France when they probably migrated across [6] . However, the Solutrean Hypothesis is rejected within the scientific community. [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ^ http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/first.htm
  2. ^ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0903_030903_bajaskull.html
  3. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2172522/The-First-Americans-Humans-arrived-THREE-great-migrations-land-bridge-Siberia--DNA-differences-detected-today.html
  4. ^ http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/native/text/history.htm
  5. ^ http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/first.htm
  6. ^ http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/native/text/history.htm
  7. ^ http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-evidence-supports-solutrean.html
  8. ^ http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2014/02/13/genetic-study-kills-off-solutrean-hypothesis/
  9. ^ http://www.humanjourney.us/america.html

4/9/15 Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 19:54, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2015

Please change the following passage from the Pre-Columbian subsection of the History section of the North America article "The consensus is that indigenous North Americans first arrived from Asia during the last Ice Age, most likely through the Bering Land Bridge" to "There are two main theories of how humans arrived in North America. The Bering Land Bridge (Beringia) is the most popular theory [1] [2] [3] [4], but some scientists believe that they could've come from France [5] (because they share the Clovis technology) which is known as the Solutrean hypothesis, named after the Solutrean Period in France when they probably migrated across [6] . However, the Solutrean Hypothesis is rejected within the scientific community. [7] [8] [9]"

References

  1. ^ http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/first.htm
  2. ^ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0903_030903_bajaskull.html
  3. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2172522/The-First-Americans-Humans-arrived-THREE-great-migrations-land-bridge-Siberia--DNA-differences-detected-today.html
  4. ^ http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/native/text/history.htm
  5. ^ http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/first.htm
  6. ^ http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/native/text/history.htm
  7. ^ http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-evidence-supports-solutrean.html
  8. ^ http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2014/02/13/genetic-study-kills-off-solutrean-hypothesis/
  9. ^ http://www.humanjourney.us/america.html

Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 00:21, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If it's rejected, why should we even bother mentioning it? Stickee (talk) 00:33, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Kharkiv07Talk 03:32, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico isn't part of North America

In many parts of the world, including South East Asia, North America doesn't include Mexico. Mexico is part of Central America and therefore wouldn't be included in descriptions of North America. If I told someone to name all the countries in North America, they wouldn't include Mexico, would they? Central America is more likely to be included in South America, not North America.

According to Britannica: "According to some authorities, North America begins not at the Isthmus of Panama but at the narrows of Tehuantepec, with the intervening region called Central America. Under such a definition, part of Mexico must be included in Central America, although that country lies mainly in North America proper. To overcome this anomaly, the whole of Mexico, together with Central and South American countries, also may be grouped under the name Latin America, with the United States and Canada referred to as Anglo-America."

To USA people: I was taught to think that Latin America = South America, so Mexico would be part of Southern America. I think the article needs to reflect this thinking.

171.99.140.19 (talk) 23:54, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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