Who was the first person to set foot in the Caribbean?

Many skeletons of five animals found on a small Caribbean island are evidence that humans lived in this area long before Christopher Columbus discovered it.

In the two ancient villages on Carriacou Island, researchers have discovered the remains of marsupials of the Phalangeridae family, the ta-tu (mammals of the Dasypodidae family), guinea pigs, mice aguti lang, and pig grass.

The team said that for a small island, this biodiversity is quite unusual.

The jaw part of a pig grass is found on the island
Carriacou islet in the Caribbean.

Therefore, they are more likely to be transported from one place to the West Indies (archipelagos located between southeastern North America and northern South America).

Given the scarcity of numbers, they are probably only for meals of high-ranking people in society or used in important ceremonies, Associate Professor Scott Fitzpatrick, an anthropologist from the University. North Carolina states.

Using radiocarbon dating techniques, scientists identified animals that appeared on islands from the mid-700s to the 1400s. In the meantime, previous history noted Christopher Columbus as a person. Europe first set foot in the West Indies in 1492. At that time, he thought he had discovered India, so the Caribbean was then named the West Indies island group.

Thus, humans began to appear in the West Indies around 5000 BC and lived in Lesser Antilles, the archipelago including Carriacou, from 2500 to 3000 years BC.

All 5 species discovered are unable to swim. This hypothesizes that people in the process of coming to the new land brought them along. Many other artifacts in the two ancient villages are also very suitable for that hypothesis.