Why can it be said that Europeans did not discover the Americas?

A. The Americas were destroyed by wildfires before anyone discovered them
B. Asian explorers found the Americas first
C. Europeans never landed in the Americas
D. Native Americans were already inhabiting the land in the Americas

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The most accurate answer is:

D. Native Americans were already inhabiting the land in the Americas.

This statement reflects the fact that Indigenous peoples had been living in the Americas for thousands of years prior to European arrival. Thus, it can indeed be argued that Europeans did not "discover" the Americas in the sense of finding an uninhabited land.