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New research debunks the myth of the "African origin" of Luzia (people of Lagoa Santa)!
Minas Gerais - and specifically the region of Lagoa Santa, in Grande BH - is globally confirmed as a strategic point for research in archeology and paleontology (fossil studies). A group of international and Brazilian researchers, including three from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), presents unprecedented results on the pre-Columbian settlement of the Americas by studying the initial occupation processes in North and South America. of the most surprising conclusions is that Luzia, considered the first Brazilian, whose skull dated 11,400 years was saved fire in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, did not have African features, but of the Brazilian natives. The paper will be published in the US journal Science.
The research presented in Rio includes several samples of more than 10 thousand years (between 10.4 thousand and 10.7 thousand), collected in Santa Catarina in the 19th century by the Danish Peter W. Lund (1801-1880), called Dr. Lund, who lived and worked 46 years in the region. The researchers were successful in the radiocarbon dating process and genomic studies of the famous human remains in the so-called karst region. The material is part of the collection of the Natural History Museum at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, sent there by Lund in the 19th century. According to the researchers, the collection is crucial for understanding the occupation of the Americas in prehistory .
Luiz Souza, coordinator of the Laboratory of Conservation Science (Lacicor) and deputy director of the Conservation Center, are part of the group of researchers led by the Danish Eske Willerslev, who was in Lagoa Santa last year, accompanied by the State of Minas Gerais. and Restoration of Cultural Goods (Cecor), both of the School of Fine Arts of UFMG, Professor Fabrício Santos and the master's degree in genetics he directed, Thomaz Pinotti, Department of General Biology. Archaeologist Andre Straus, specializing in cranial morphology, University of São Paulo (USP), and Murilo Bastos, Claudia Carvalho and Silvia Reis, from the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) are also in the research.
OCCUPATION: According to the scientists, the evidence indicates a direct relationship between the populations of North America and South America; there was an expansion, faster than imagined, by America, probably occupying the whole continent in a few centuries; and migrations to South America came from the North. Thus, the populations were from America itself, not from Africa, Australia or any part of the globe. "Professor Eske Willerslev explained that the result confirms the region of Lagoa Santa as a 'hot spot' or key to archeology around the world," says Thomaz Pinotti. "It is essential, then, to preserve the collections", he adds.
The study also gives clues as to the enigmatic Australomelanesian genetic sign found in the population of Lagoa Santa, dating back at least 10,000 years, which is not found in the prehistoric populations of North America. The genetic evidence was only possible, researchers say, thanks to studies done on the human fossils of the American continent, among them the original material of Lagoa Santa, a population of which Luzia, the oldest Brazilian fossil, was a part. The pieces collected by Lund are part of the collection of the Natural History Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and the man from Spirit Cave, Nevada, United States, the oldest natural mummy in the world.
The new genomic study (DNA) to be published in Science and that unveils the history of distribution of the first populations of the American continent originated in 30 skulls originating in the karst region of Lagoa Santa and from which the dating was made, explains Pinotti. He explains that in research, there are two lines of work, such as cranial morphology and genetic dating, which, in this case, guided the current results.
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Originally Posted by Jolsonaro
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