The hunt for the first Americans /

Current scientific research suggests that skulls from early Americans, pre-8000 BC, are of a completely different type to those that came after. It seems that these early peoples were Australoid in origin. So how did Australian Aborigines end up in the New World? Ancient Voices explores Stone Age ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Neves, Walter A.
Other Authors:	Bragard, Jean-Claude
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1999.
Series:	Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:	Archaeology. Indigenous peoples > Brazil. Early humans. Aboriginal Australians. Mongols. Fuegians. Brazil > Antiquities. Ethnic groups. Brazilians. Archaeology Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Ethnicity. Archéologie. Australiens (Aborigènes) Fuégiens. Brésil > Antiquités. Groupes ethniques. Brésiliens. Antiquities. Indigenous peoples. Brazil. Local populations Migration Ethnographic methodology Documentary. Encoded moving images.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Current scientific research suggests that skulls from early Americans, pre-8000 BC, are of a completely different type to those that came after. It seems that these early peoples were Australoid in origin. So how did Australian Aborigines end up in the New World? Ancient Voices explores Stone Age archaeological sites in the Americas, East Asia and Australasia to compare the cultures of Australoid peoples, and investigates their seafaring abilities, why they set out on such a long voyage and why they eventually perished.
Item Description:	Previously released on DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (49 min.)
Production Credits:	Producer and director, Jean Claude Bragard ; editor, Gordon Howe.