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Anthropology

Warpy

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15. There was an equally ancient population in eastern Brazil

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 05:46 PM

Jun 2025

They found datable rock art plus a fairly intact skull, the latter being lost when the National Museum fire some years ago destroyed.

Originally though to be West African in origin, the skull produced enough DNA to trace it to east Africa by way Melanesia and/or Australia..

How any of the pre-Beringian migration populations got here is less clear, but I'm still going to go with island hopping and chasing fish.

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Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed [View all] erronis Jun 2025 OP

HA! FirstLight Jun 2025 #1

LOL DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #4

That's really interesting...but also not surprising... FirstLight Jun 2025 #5

Don't apologize DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #11

Not an expert, but my sense is that most paid-for education is a money-making racket. erronis Jun 2025 #13

Some of them are. H2O Man Jun 2025 #20

Going in debt for a degree you cant use to make a livelihood just does not make any sense to me....nt mitch96 Jun 2025 #23

Valid point. H2O Man Jun 2025 #24

I know two degreed people who have transitioned to working in the trades.. Electrician and plumber... mitch96 Jun 2025 #25

I of course was raised with the idea of "all out of Africa" slightlv Jun 2025 #16

Uh oh. But the Bible... ananda Jun 2025 #2

Very very soon, I am sure Ananda DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #12

But what about the land bridge for Asia and those humans made their way south along the Pacific and ... Botany Jun 2025 #3

The peoples of polynesia were great travelers. Whether by accident or purposeful exploration. erronis Jun 2025 #7

Many Native American tribes have stories about their ancestors coming by boats across the Pacific. Botany Jun 2025 #8

It supports the theory that the first arrivals came by boat, sailing along the coast William Seger Jun 2025 #14

I've gotta go see those. Clouds Passing Jun 2025 #6

LOL, that looks exactly like my footprint. catbyte Jun 2025 #9

Western PA. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #10

Interesting. One of my marriages was in that neck of the woods. (Fordyce) erronis Jun 2025 #19

There was an equally ancient population in eastern Brazil Warpy Jun 2025 #15

Sure puts a new point on "Open Borders" doesn't it?! slightlv Jun 2025 #17

Those Prints are in White Sands NP -- Free Entrance Tomorrow for Juneteenth LeftyLucie Jun 2025 #18

Damn it. Now that is buzzing round my otherwise empty cranium.... erronis Jun 2025 #21

Stephen Hawking sings galaxy song cbabe Jun 2025 #26

Fascinating. nt Exp Jun 2025 #22

That footprint proves that the first REAL Amercan was an Aryan who lost his jack boots and MAGA hat. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #27