Wikibooks: History of Brazil/Pre-Cabraline period

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Patagonia; Bering Strait; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Brazil/Pre-Cabraline_period

It s called Pre Cabraline period the moment for the history of Brazil before the arrival of the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500. = First humans in Brazil = The human presence in the territory now occupied by Brazil dates back to 12 thousand years according to archaeological evidence. At least two different migratory routes contributed to displacement in pre Columbian America (before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492). The first humans appeared in Africa 3.2 million years ago. Thus it is correct to say that human beings came from that continent through migratory waves. The most accepted current is migration through the crossing of the Bering Strait at different times. In this way human beings arrived in Alaska and from there left for the rest of the continent. Another route of displacement would be that of the Pacific. As the height of the sea was lower and there were more islands along the ocean human beings were able to come sailing to Patagonia and the region that today corresponds to Brazil. = Characteristics of the first humans in Brazil = The inhabitants of Brazilian prehistory are divided into three groups hunter gatherers farming peoples and coastal peoples. = Hunter gathers = They lived in almost the entire national territory between 50 thousand and 2.5 thousand years. They occupied the South to the Northeast inhabited caves and the forest used bows and arrows boleade and boomerangs made of stone. They fed on game meat of small animals fish molluscs and fruits. In the Northeast it is possible to find examples of the rock art of these people who portrayed everyday life war dance and hunting. In the South the men of Umbu (in Portuguese Homens de Umbu ) who lived in the pampas of Rio Grande do Sul stand out. These were responsible for the use of the bow and arrow that was inherited by the indigenous Brazilians. = Coastal peoples or sambaquis = The coastal peoples occupied the Brazilian coast from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul 6 thousand years ago. They basically ate ...