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This theory is mainly supported by a few archaeological finds in South America and Mexico, whose dates and anatomical features do not fit into the Siberian migration theory. On the basis of that evidence, it has been speculated that those hypothetical American Aborigines came originally from Oceania or southeast Asia , and spread through much of South America before being nearly exterminated by the Siberian migrants coming from the north. However, this theory is still somewhat controversial, and the evidence is still being published and analyzed. The proposed name unfortunately collides with other established uses of "Aborigine" in American contexts; see American Aborigines (disambiguation) EVIDENCE Cave paintings The first hint of an American Aborigine settlement of South America came from Cave Painting s in Brazil . The paintings, which some archaeologists claim are older than the supposed date of arrival of the Siberian migrations to the area, depict rituals never before seen in native American Art . The elaborate ritual costumes shown in the paintings are claimed to be similar to those used by Australian Aborigine s today, and to those reportedly used by the Fuegian s, the natives of Tierra Del Fuego . According to those researchers, the Fuegians (who were reduced to only one woman as of 2004) are likely to be the product of intermarriage between American Aborigines and American Indians, and therefore the last surviving descendants of the Aboriginal settlers. LAGOA SANTA More solid evidence was found in the 1970s by anthropologist Anette Laming-Emperaire . In Limestone Cave s of Lagoa Santa region in central Brazil, she unearthed the skeleton of a 20-year old, 1.50 M tall woman; but she died before she had a chance to study it. Some 20 years later, Walter Neves found the skull in the Quinta Da Boa Vista National Museum in Rio De Janeiro , and found that its measurements were quite different from those of the later peoples descendended from the Siberian migration, and more similar to those of Australian Aborigine s, Melanesians , and Negrito s. This find, dated between 10,500 and 9,500 BC, was greeted with much skepticism by the anthropological community. However, the find was eventually confirmed by remains of over 70 individuals with similar characteristics were found in that same region. THE PERICU Another boost to the theory came when anthropologist Rolando González-José demonstrated that the Pericu Indians — a tribe that lived in Baja California Sur until the 16th Century , and whose "anomalous" anatomy had already been observed — were quantitatively more similar to the Lagoa Santa finds than to any other group tested, and both were closer to the Australian Aborigines and Melanesians than to the Siberians. EXTERNAL LINKS
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