Ancient DNA Reveals the Caribbean's First Inhabitants Weren't Who We Thought

Prau123 · 2020-04-23T00:56:31Z

Here's an update on some of the new discoveries in recent years in the Mesoamerican region. Tonina - Considered the new tallest structure in Mesoamerica. It's debatable since El Mirador is actually 172 meters tall. The largest structure is still Cholula. There are still several areas in the El Mirador Basin that needs to be excavated and measured. There are 61,000 plus sites that were scanned a few years ago and that was only a mere portion of the El Mirador Basin. 15 facts about the Maya Civilization 1. THEIR PYRAMIDS AND CITIES ARE STILL BEING DISCOVERED.It’s amazing to think that something as large as a pyramid could elude archaeologists today. But it was only a few years ago that a Maya pyramid more than 1000 years old was discovered at Toniná in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It had been hidden under what was believed to be a natural hill. In 2015, researchers said this newfound monument was actually Mexico’s tallest pyramid at 246 feet (75 meters) in height, surpassing the 213-foot Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. The ruins of two Maya cities concealed by thick vegetation were also recently discovered in Mexico’s state of Campeche. Tonina Picture They also found El Palmar and Angamuco a few years ago also. El Palmar - El Palmar is 40 to 70 times larger than previously acknowledged. It’s 40 times larger than we thought it was,” Garrison says. “This is now this huge city that would have been a rival to Tikal An early city called El Palmar seemed now to be 70 times larger than we had suspected, with raised fields for agriculture. An “isolated” royal palace had an extensive swath of settlement extending a kilometer or more. Angamuco - Angamuco had as many buildings as Manhattan city. A new laser-mapping technology, called lidar, has been used to confirm a truly mind-blowing ancient city buried in western Mexico. Called Angamuco, researchers say that it has about 40,000 buildings. This is around the same amount of building foundations as there are in Manhattan, New York. Whoa! El Mirador - Articles: Videos:

Who were the first people to settle the Caribbean, and where did they come from? For centuries, these questions remained unanswered. But thanks to groundbreaking ancient DNA analysis from archaeological sites across the region, researchers have now revealed a complex story of migration, isolation, and identity. This video explores the latest scientific discoveries from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Copenhagen, including the sequencing of 93 ancient individuals from Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Guadeloupe, and St. Lucia. Learn how these findings reveal two major migration waves into the Caribbean—the Archaic and Ceramic Age peoples—and what their DNA tells us about their origins. Surprisingly, some of the earliest settlers in Cuba appear to be genetically unrelated to modern Native Americans and may have connections to ancient populations from North America’s Channel Islands. Meanwhile, Ceramic Age groups show close links to South American peoples like the Piapoco, who live along the Meta, Vichada, and Guaviare rivers in Colombia and also reside in parts of Venezuela. Discover how these ancient mariners navigated vast ocean distances, why their lineages remain distinct, and what this means for our understanding of early human migration in the Americas.

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Ancient DNA Reveals the Caribbean's First Inhabitants Weren't Who We Thought

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Ancient DNA Reveals the Caribbean's First Inhabitants Weren't Who We Thought

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