They have never found Neanderthal bones in the Americas. So the first humans in the Americas came from somewhere else. Most scholars agree that they came from Asia over a then existing land bridge to Alaska. The time is still in doubt. I lean towards a crossing of the land bridge from Asia to Alaska at about 20000 years ago. If you have a different figure, I won't argue with you. It took the first ones 10000 years to get to Argentina. A vast variety of peoples, societies and cultures subsequently developed. There were three separate groups identified by teeth, bones and languages.
"Social dancers believe that hope may be contagious. When we have
The first groups were from Siberia and they went all the way to South America. The second group about 16000 years ago were from China, and they went more or less to Mexico, Central America and the northern part of South America. The third group from Taiwan and Japan, about 12000 years ago ended up in Alaska, Canada and the US. Like the rest of the world, they got into Agriculture about 10000 years ago.. Drumming and music came into existence all over the world along with Agriculture. So drums and music in the Americas was strictly their own and had nothing to do with the rest of the world.
Most groups were in a very primitive culture of hunting, fishing, foraging and a little agriculture. However in Mexico something extraordinary developed. Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Toltec 1800 BC, - Olmec 1200 BC, - Maya 100 AD - Teotihuacan, 900 AD and Aztec, 1200 AD. Unlike other indigenous Mexican societies, these civilizations (with the exception of the politically fragmented Maya) extended their political and cultural reach across Mexico and beyond. The Caribbean? And they had professional musicians and dancers.
"Social dancers believe that hope may be contagious. When we have
enough hope it seems to spread naturally.”
The first groups were from Siberia and they went all the way to South America. The second group about 16000 years ago were from China, and they went more or less to Mexico, Central America and the northern part of South America. The third group from Taiwan and Japan, about 12000 years ago ended up in Alaska, Canada and the US. Like the rest of the world, they got into Agriculture about 10000 years ago.. Drumming and music came into existence all over the world along with Agriculture. So drums and music in the Americas was strictly their own and had nothing to do with the rest of the world.
"Maria Elena" by Jimmy Dorsey
Most groups were in a very primitive culture of hunting, fishing, foraging and a little agriculture. However in Mexico something extraordinary developed. Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Toltec 1800 BC, - Olmec 1200 BC, - Maya 100 AD - Teotihuacan, 900 AD and Aztec, 1200 AD. Unlike other indigenous Mexican societies, these civilizations (with the exception of the politically fragmented Maya) extended their political and cultural reach across Mexico and beyond. The Caribbean? And they had professional musicians and dancers.
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -
they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
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