Paintings found in Brasil and Mexico challenge Bering Strait theory

[Poitier]

It's no secret humans have been having sex for millennia -- but recently discovered cave art suggests they were doing it in the Americas much earlier than many archeologists believed.

A new exhibit in Brazil showcases artifacts dating as far back as 30,000 years ago -- throwing a wrench in the commonly held theory humans first crossed to the Americas from Asia a mere 12,000 years ago.

The 100 items on display in Brasilia, including cave paintings and ceramic art, depict animals, ceremonies, hunting expeditions -- and even scenes from the sex lives of this ancient group of early Americans.

The artifacts come from the Serra da Capivara national park in Brazil's northeastern Piaui state, on the border of the Amazon and Atlantic Forests, which attracted the hunter-gatherer civilization that left behind this hoard of local art.

Since the 1970s, Franco-Brazilian archaeologist Niede Guidon has headed a mission to carry out large-scale excavation of Piaui's interior.

"It's difficult to think there exists a site anywhere with a higher concentration of cave art," the 80-year-old Guidon told AFP.

Many paths led to Americas

Other traces of the civilization include charcoal remains of structured fires, explained Guidon, who hails from Sao Paulo.

"To date, these are the oldest traces" of human existence in the Americas, she emphasized.

The widely held theory has suggested human beings only reached the Americas some 12,000 years ago from Asia, crossing the Bering Strait to reach Alaska.

Some archeologists contend flaked pebbles at the Brazilian sites are not evidence of a crude, human-made fire hearth made some 40 millennia ago, but are rather geofacts -- a natural stone formation, not a man-made one.

But Guidon said she believes the Serra dwellers may have come originally from Africa, and she said the cave art provides compelling evidence of early human activity.

The paintings are estimated to date back some 29,000 years, she said, noting: "When it began in Europe and Africa, it did here too."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...ic-brazil-artifacts-star-exhibit-spark-debate

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

 

[newworldafro]

prehistoric

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Prehistoric Black Excelence

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Grimaldi Negro the #2 GOAT human behind the original man himself....

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Lets see if the higher learning c00n cabal reads this and has any comments, Now that this info is being presented by an approved white source.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Lets see if the higher learning c00n cabal reads this and has any comments, Now that this info is being presented by an approved white source.

Nah, that's just an Afrocentric white source.

 

[KingDanz]

thread is awfully quiet...

 

[88m3]

that's amazing

 

[observe]

But how did this challenge the Bering strait theory..it didnt..also they found some skulls in brazil that were believed to be african from 17,000 years ago like 10 years ago..they could of crossed the Bering strait and followed the coast line since the strait was iced at that time..

 

[str8up]

 

[stealthbomber]

JBO @ 5000 BC

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Lets see if the higher learning c00n cabal reads this and has any comments, Now that this info is being presented by an approved white source.

GUIDON SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PERSON ADVANCING THIS HYPOTHESIS, HER ARTIFACTS MAY IN FACT BE GEOFACTS (NOT MAN MADE), AND SHE'S APPARENTLY COMPLAINING THAT HER PERSONAL DIG SITE ISN'T GETTING ENOUGH TOURISM, BROTHER! UNTIL INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS CONFIRMS HER RESEARCH, SHE APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THOSE SCIENTISTS WHO DEDICATES THEIR WHOLE LIFE TO SOME FRINGE IDEAS AND DOESN'T WANT TO ACCEPT THAT SHE COULD BE WRONG, MEAN GENE!

AND THE GEOFACTS I'M REFERRING TO ARE THE SUPPOSED 30,000 YEAR OLD FIRE REMNANTS, BROTHER! THE CAVE PAINTINGS ARE ADMITTEDLY IN THE 13,000 YEAR RANGE, JACK!