Is this statement true or false?

Question

Perhaps 90 percent of the indigenous population died in the years after the arrival of Europeans and Africans to the Americas, mainly due to disease.
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Answer 1

True. It is estimated that a significant percentage of the indigenous population in the Americas, possibly around 90 percent, perished in the years following the arrival of Europeans, primarily due to diseases such as smallpox, influenza, and others to which indigenous people had no immunity.