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Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 04:26:34 -0000
Subject: [Native-Prophecy] Original Native American Inhabitants of the Negroid Race BBC News Article
taken from
http://www.theleagueofmin.org/newsletters/newsletter/1771669/13721.htm
please read the whole Article:
'First Americans were Australian' , BBC NEWS
Date: March 31, 2005
Thursday, August 26, 1999 Published at 15:39 GMT 16:39 UK
Sci/Tech
'First Americans were Australian'
This is the face of the first known American, Lucia
The first Americans were descended from Australian
aborigines, according to evidence in a new BBC documentary.
The skulls suggest faces like those of Australian
aborigines
The programme, Ancient Voices, shows that the dimensions of
prehistoric skulls found in Brazil match those of the
aboriginal peoples of Australia and Melanesia. Other
evidence suggests that these first Americans were later
massacred by invaders from Asia.
Until now, native Americans were believed to have descended
from Asian ancestors who arrived over a land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska and then migrated across the whole of
north and south America. The land bridge was formed 11,000
years ago during the ice age, when sea level dropped.
How rock art suggests a violent end for the "Australian"
Americans
However, the new evidence shows that these people did not
arrive in an empty wilderness. Stone tools and charcoal
from the site in Brazil show evidence of human habitation
as long ago as 50,000 years.
The site is at Serra Da Capivara in remote northeast
Brazil. This area is now inhabited by the descendants of
European settlers and African slaves who arrived just 500
years ago.
But cave paintings found here provided the first clue to
the existence of a much older people.
The costumes and rituals shown in rock art survived in
Terra del Fuego
Images of giant armadillos, which died out before the last
ice age, show the artists who drew them lived before even
the natives who greeted the Europeans.
These Asian people have facial features described as
mongoloid. However, skulls dug from a depth equivalent to
9,000 to 12,000 years ago are very different.
Walter Neves, an archaeologist from the University of Sao
Paolo, has taken extensive skull measurements from dozens
of skulls, including the oldest, a young woman who has been
named Lucia.
"The measurements show that Lucia was anything but
mongoloid," he says.
Walter Neves has measured hundreds of skulls
The next step was to reconstruct a face from Lucia's skull.
First, a CAT scan of the skull was done, to allow an
accurate working model to be made.
Then a forensic artist, Richard Neave from the University
of Manchester, UK, created a face for Lucia. The result was
surprising: "It has all the features of a negroid face,"
says Dr Neave.
Lucia's skull is 12,000 years old
The skull dimensions and facial features match most closely
the native people of Australia and Melanesia. These people
date back to about 60,000 years, and were themselves
descended from the first humans, who left Africa about
100,000 years ago.
But how could the early Australians have travelled more
than 13,500 kilometres (8,450 miles) at that time? The
answer comes from more cave paintings, this time from the
Kimberley, a region at the northern tip of Western
Australia.
Here, Grahame Walsh, an expert on Australian rock art,
found the oldest painting of a boat anywhere in the world.
The style of the art means it is at least 17,000 years old,
but it could be up to 50,000 years old.
And the crucial detail is the high prow of the boat. This
would have been unnecessary for boats used in calm, inland
waters. The design suggests it was used on the open ocean.
Fantastic voyage
Archaeologists speculate that such an incredible sea
voyage, from Australia to Brazil, would not have been
undertaken knowingly but by accident.
Just three years ago, five African fishermen were caught in
a storm and a few weeks later were washed up on the shores
of South America. Two of the fishermen died, but three made
it alive.
Walter Neves says the negroid people disappear 7,000 years
ago
But if the first Americans had drifted from Australia,
where are their descendants now? Again, the skulls suggest
an answer.
The shape of the skulls changes between 9,000 and 7,000
years ago from being exclusively negroid to exclusively
mongoloid. Combined with rock art evidence of increasing
violence at this time, it appears that the mongoloid people
from the north invaded and wiped out the original
Americans.
Fuegean Cristina Calderon may be one of the few surviving
descendants of the first Americans
The only evidence of any survivors comes from Terra del
Fuego, the islands at the remotest southern tip of South
America.
The pre-European Fuegeans, who lived stone age-style lives
until this century, show hybrid skull features which could
have resulted from intermarrying between mongoloid and
negroid peoples. Their rituals and traditions also bear
some resemblance to the ancient rock art in Brazil.
The identity of the first Americans is an emotive and
controversial question. But the evidence from Brazil, and a
handful of people who still live at the very tip of South
America, suggests that the Americas have been home to a
greater diversity of humans than previously thought - and
for much longer.
Ancient Voices: The hunt for the first Americans will be
shown on BBC Two at 2130 BST on Wednesday 1 September.
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 04:26:34 -0000
Subject: [Native-Prophecy] Original Native American Inhabitants of the Negroid Race BBC News Article
taken from
http://www.theleagueofmin.org/newsletters/newsletter/1771669/13721.htm
please read the whole Article:
'First Americans were Australian' , BBC NEWS
Date: March 31, 2005
Thursday, August 26, 1999 Published at 15:39 GMT 16:39 UK
Sci/Tech
'First Americans were Australian'
This is the face of the first known American, Lucia
The first Americans were descended from Australian
aborigines, according to evidence in a new BBC documentary.
The skulls suggest faces like those of Australian
aborigines
The programme, Ancient Voices, shows that the dimensions of
prehistoric skulls found in Brazil match those of the
aboriginal peoples of Australia and Melanesia. Other
evidence suggests that these first Americans were later
massacred by invaders from Asia.
Until now, native Americans were believed to have descended
from Asian ancestors who arrived over a land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska and then migrated across the whole of
north and south America. The land bridge was formed 11,000
years ago during the ice age, when sea level dropped.
How rock art suggests a violent end for the "Australian"
Americans
However, the new evidence shows that these people did not
arrive in an empty wilderness. Stone tools and charcoal
from the site in Brazil show evidence of human habitation
as long ago as 50,000 years.
The site is at Serra Da Capivara in remote northeast
Brazil. This area is now inhabited by the descendants of
European settlers and African slaves who arrived just 500
years ago.
But cave paintings found here provided the first clue to
the existence of a much older people.
The costumes and rituals shown in rock art survived in
Terra del Fuego
Images of giant armadillos, which died out before the last
ice age, show the artists who drew them lived before even
the natives who greeted the Europeans.
These Asian people have facial features described as
mongoloid. However, skulls dug from a depth equivalent to
9,000 to 12,000 years ago are very different.
Walter Neves, an archaeologist from the University of Sao
Paolo, has taken extensive skull measurements from dozens
of skulls, including the oldest, a young woman who has been
named Lucia.
"The measurements show that Lucia was anything but
mongoloid," he says.
Walter Neves has measured hundreds of skulls
The next step was to reconstruct a face from Lucia's skull.
First, a CAT scan of the skull was done, to allow an
accurate working model to be made.
Then a forensic artist, Richard Neave from the University
of Manchester, UK, created a face for Lucia. The result was
surprising: "It has all the features of a negroid face,"
says Dr Neave.
Lucia's skull is 12,000 years old
The skull dimensions and facial features match most closely
the native people of Australia and Melanesia. These people
date back to about 60,000 years, and were themselves
descended from the first humans, who left Africa about
100,000 years ago.
But how could the early Australians have travelled more
than 13,500 kilometres (8,450 miles) at that time? The
answer comes from more cave paintings, this time from the
Kimberley, a region at the northern tip of Western
Australia.
Here, Grahame Walsh, an expert on Australian rock art,
found the oldest painting of a boat anywhere in the world.
The style of the art means it is at least 17,000 years old,
but it could be up to 50,000 years old.
And the crucial detail is the high prow of the boat. This
would have been unnecessary for boats used in calm, inland
waters. The design suggests it was used on the open ocean.
Fantastic voyage
Archaeologists speculate that such an incredible sea
voyage, from Australia to Brazil, would not have been
undertaken knowingly but by accident.
Just three years ago, five African fishermen were caught in
a storm and a few weeks later were washed up on the shores
of South America. Two of the fishermen died, but three made
it alive.
Walter Neves says the negroid people disappear 7,000 years
ago
But if the first Americans had drifted from Australia,
where are their descendants now? Again, the skulls suggest
an answer.
The shape of the skulls changes between 9,000 and 7,000
years ago from being exclusively negroid to exclusively
mongoloid. Combined with rock art evidence of increasing
violence at this time, it appears that the mongoloid people
from the north invaded and wiped out the original
Americans.
Fuegean Cristina Calderon may be one of the few surviving
descendants of the first Americans
The only evidence of any survivors comes from Terra del
Fuego, the islands at the remotest southern tip of South
America.
The pre-European Fuegeans, who lived stone age-style lives
until this century, show hybrid skull features which could
have resulted from intermarrying between mongoloid and
negroid peoples. Their rituals and traditions also bear
some resemblance to the ancient rock art in Brazil.
The identity of the first Americans is an emotive and
controversial question. But the evidence from Brazil, and a
handful of people who still live at the very tip of South
America, suggests that the Americas have been home to a
greater diversity of humans than previously thought - and
for much longer.
Ancient Voices: The hunt for the first Americans will be
shown on BBC Two at 2130 BST on Wednesday 1 September.
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