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

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

Answer 1

The best answer is: Native Americans were already inhabiting the land in the Americas.

This statement emphasizes that the Americas were not "discovered" by Europeans because Indigenous peoples had lived there for thousands of years prior to European arrival.