What are the two theories about the origin of the human being in America during the colonial period?
Teoría Autoctonista
Teorías Inmigracionistas
Teoría Autoctonista has two representatives: Antonio León de Pinelo and Florentino Ameghino.
Teoría Autoctonista defends that the Amazon rainforest was the terrestrial paradise and that the origins of man came from the 'Planoangulados'.
Teoría Inmigracionista has two routes: the Asian route and the Oceania route.
The Asian route was defended by Aleš Hrdlicka and Samuel Haven and they believed that the man came from Siberia, via the Bering Strait.
The Oceania route was defended by Antonio Méndez Correia and Paul Rivet and they believed that the man came from Australia and Melanesia, respectively.