2,000-year-old Peruvian skulls have European and Middle-Eastern DNA

Posted On: Sep 7th, 2016 at 12:33

Peru
Yet another place I have visited – Paracas on the west coast of Peru – is home to the enigmatic Paracas culture that is famous for its elongated skulls.
I have seen many of these skulls in various museums around Peru and they are bizarre, but also they are not only found in South America – they are found all over the world…
So it’s not surprising that new DNA evidence has shown these skulls have European and Middle Eastern DNA.
As you know by now I have been shouting at the top of my voice about the way the Americas were first populated. I am convinced of a much earlier migration than the 15,000-or-so years given to the first migration, and also that the continent was settled by other populations long before the Europeans arrived in the 16th Century. We now know that the first “recent” contact was by Vikings around a thousand years ago, as at least two settlements have been found in North America. But it is very apparent to me that other people sailed to the New World many times and settled there a long time ago. I have stated that the Americas were most likely populated in the south first, and this new DNA evidence shows that to be true – not that the south was populated first in this case – but that the south was populated by other cultures besides the classic model that places Mongolian or Manchurian populations in the north who then slowly moved south. I do not buy that idea for one minute. I do not believe that native Americans moved south over long periods of time. I am certain that South America was populated by transport across the oceans, perhaps from Polynesia, but most likely from the eastern side of the planet – Europe, Africa, and even India.
Brien Foerster has been pioneering the work on the Paracas skulls and has been living there for many years. His work is worth looking at for those interested.

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-paracas-elongated-skulls-changing-history-110054