There are also depictions of palaeolama – an extinct member of the camel family, as well as giant sloths and ice age horses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Human handprints can also be seen.In the Amazon most native tribes are believed to be descendants of the first Siberian wave of migrants who are thought to have crossed the Bering Land Bridge up to 17,000 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The eight-mile wall of prehistoric rock art featuring animals and human and created up to 12,500 years ago has been discovered by a team of team of archaeologists\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
During the ice age this land bridge stayed relatively untouched because snowfall was very light. It\u00a0stretched for hundreds of kilometres into the continents on either side so provided a way for people to cross into different areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although it is unclear exactly which tribe created the paintings, there are two main indigenous tribes of the Amazon which are believed to have been around for thousands of years – the Yanomami and the Kayapo.<\/p>\n
The first report of the Yanomami, who live between the borders of Brazil and Venezuela, was in 1759 when a Spanish explorer found a chief of another tribe who mentioned them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The team uncovered the historical artwork, which is now being called the ‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’, on cliff faces last year in the Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Among the paintings are\u00a0 discovery hat were created up to 12,500 years ago, are ones depicting the now now-extinct mastodon that once inhabited North and Central America and , the palaeolama- an extinct camelid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n Much less is known about the origin of the Kayapo tribe, which is estimated to have a population of roughly 8,600.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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