Some writers suggest that the Olmecs were related to peoples of Africa, based primarily on their interpretation of facial features of Olmec statues. They additionally contend that epigraphical, genetic, and osteological evidence supports their claims.

2023年11月3日 · The Olmec-Africa "theory" is quite literally rooted in racism. There were claims about the skeletal remains of Olmecs matching that of the 'black race' which is totally defunct in Anthropology. Referencing the nose and lips of the Olmec heads are, …

2001年2月28日 · The Olmecs used an African practice that is very common in Africa and to some extent in Melanesia. That practice is body scarification and specifically facial scarification as practiced in West Africa.

The Olmecs (/ ˈɒlmɛks, ˈoʊl -/) or Olmec were an early known major Mesoamerican civilization, flourishing in the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from roughly 1200 to 400 BCE during Mesoamerica's formative period.

2019年10月31日 · The presence of stone heads with ‘African features’ of the ancient Olmec Civilization in South America, prior to the Aztecs and Mayans is proof of the African presence of sailors, explorers...

2015年2月19日 · The Olmec portrayed Africans (perhaps African rulers) who must have played an essential role among ancient people who carved gigantic depictions to honor them. The African descent and possible transatlantic crossings of people millennia ago seem too controversial to accept, but is there any other explanation?

The Olmec society included the current geographic regions of Mexico, parts of what is now the United States' Colorado, Texas, California, and into Canada. The Olmec existed before the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations.

2023年5月2日 · The Black African Olmec Civilization was a pre-Columbian Kingdom in the Americas with a Kingdom extending as far as Mexico, portions of the United States and Canada, and it existed before the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations.

Nineteenth century researchers classified this culture Olmec, which means the "rubber people" or “people from the rubber country” in Nahuatl, the accepted language of the Mexica ("Aztec") people. Ancient Mesoamericans, spanning from ancient Olmecs to Aztecs, extracted latex from a type of rubber tree in the area.

2020年12月10日 · The Olmec heads of Mexico are a collection of 17 giant stone head sculptures believed to have been carved by the Olmecs. The heads, and their inspiration, have been the cause for much debate throughout history. The Olmec civilization is considered to be the first major Mesoamerican culture and was believed to have existed between 1200 and 400 B.C.