Who were the first to colonize Americans? Just a few years ago, it was thought that the first American culture was that of the Clovis, the ancestors of the North American Indians. Also, man was thought to have arrived on this continent as early as 14,000 years ago. Thus, in this "rebuilding" of history, the first civilizations would have been North Americans, while the Aztecs, Mayas and the Incas would have arrived much later.
Recent discoveries, including DNA analysis, on the contrary, have shown archaeology wrong once again. The first civilizations of the Americas were the peoples of Central and South America at least 15,000 to 20,000 years earlier than we thought. And these peoples came BY THE SEA (yes, you read that right, "by the sea"), from Siberia and Sundaland (the continent disappeared due to thawing, which corresponds to present-day Indonesia and surrounding islands).
Indeed, by 2020, researchers have published the results of the discovery of human remains in Mexico's Chiquihuite cave. Excavations began in 2012. Major excavations were conducted in 2016 and 2017. The works were published in the journal Nature. What was found in the cave has completely changed the opinion of archaeologists. The study presented by Ciprian Ardelean, archaeologist at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Mexico), and his colleagues, suggests that people lived in central Mexico at least 26,500 years ago. The professor states: "It takes centuries, maybe even millennials, for people to cross the Beringia and arrive in the middle of Mexico." Further, he adds: "It takes many years of previous presence for them to get there, whether they came by sea or land." This means that man was probably present in Central America well before 30,000 years.
But that's not all. Another research center found that the indigenous people of Central and South America did not have one, but two ancestors. They somehow have a "mother people", identified as the "Y population", who are the original inhabitants of Sundaland in the distant past, around the thaw era. But they also have a "father people", the Inupiat, originally from Siberia.
These discoveries are revolutionizing all archaeological beliefs about America's past. Who belonged to the oldest found ruins? What civilization of the past was able to create geopolymers at the summit of the Andes? Who created the gigantic Nazca drawings, and especially for what purpose? More importantly: If men were able to travel from Australia to Central America 30,000 years ago, what stopped them from Central America to Egypt, as several indications seem to suggest today? We give you some answer elements.
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