Archaeologists find oldest evidence of man in Paraguay.Byline: ANI Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists have found in Paraguay the oldest evidence of the presence of man dating back more than 5,000 years. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Latin American Herald Tribune, the find was made during the course of an investigation being conducted into the heritage of the Pai Tavytera Indians. The remnants of ancient man's presence, which were not specified, were found in a hill known as Jasuka Venda Venda (vĕnd`ə), former black "homeland" and nominal republic, NE South Africa. It comprised two connected areas near the Zimbabwe border in what is now Limpopo prov. by a team from the Altamira Museum, which is responsible for looking after the same-named cave containing the famous Upper Paleolithic cave paintings. The Altamira Museum said that besides the most ancient evidence of a human presence in Paraguay, archaeologists had also found in the hill samples of cave art "unexpected till now in the footstep style," which is well-known in countries like Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. The discoveries lead one to think that the "region could be the origin and dissemination center for this type of cave art in almost all of South America," according to the team.(ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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