New findings indicate that Europeans were not the first humans on the Falkland islands

New paleoecological and archaeological  findings on the Falkland islands in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean indicate that Europeans were not the first humans on the islands. The new findings show that Native Americans may have visited the islands sometimes between 1275 and 1420. Also earlier visits may have occurred. 

The findings also raise the question if the so called Warrah (Dusicyon australis), a kind of now extinct fox, endemic to the islands, can have been brought there by humans.


From Science: 

Evidence of prehistoric human activity in the Falkland Islands

When Darwin visited the Falkland Islands in 1833, he noted the puzzling occurrence of the islands’ sole terrestrial mammal, Dusicyon australis (or “warrah”). The warrah’s origins have been debated, and prehistoric human transport was previously rejected because of a lack of evidence of pre-European human activity in the Falkland Islands. We report several lines of evidence indicating that humans were present in the Falkland Islands centuries before Europeans, including (i) an abrupt increase in fire activity, (ii) deposits of mixed marine vertebrates that predate European exploration by centuries, and (iii) a surface-find projectile point made of local quartzite. Dietary evidence from D. australis remains further supports a potential mutualism with humans. The findings from our study are consistent with the culture of the Yaghan (Yámana) people from Tierra del Fuego. If people reached the Falkland Islands centuries before European colonization, this reopens the possibility of human introduction of the warrah.


https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abh3803



The new findings indicate a Native American presence on the Falkland islands centuries before the Europeans



The Warrah, maybe brought to the Falkland islands by Native Americans




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