'First Americans were Australian'

"The first Americans were descended from Australian aborigines, according to evidence in a new BBC documentary.

"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."
BBC News (via Joy S at pagans4peace)

Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil, where these excavations are going on.

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