The origin of the American man: the enigma of Pedra Furada
Interview with archaeologist Niède Guidon
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· 27 Apr 2024
The scientific theory initially accepted to explain the arrival of man in America is based on the idea that groups of Homo Sapiens entered the New World through the lands of Beringia, in a period between 14 and 10 thousand years ago. What is now the Bering Strait, between Asia and North America, was once a snowy plain, precisely because sea levels were lower than they are today, due to ongoing glaciation. Those groups of Sapiens, perhaps chasing herds of animals or searching for new lands, crossed Beringia and thus entered the New World. Some of them passed through the so-called “ice-free corridor”, others marched along the coast of North...