Meaning of autoctonismo

autoctonismo: In Anthropology it is a movement or tendency that does not accept the theory that says that the American man had origins in other continents and that the development of their cultures is due to external influences (from other non-native cultures) and that was proposed by the Peruvian archaeologist Federico Kauffman Doig. Other proponents of this theory were Alex Hrdlicka and Paul Rivet. It suggests origins in Asia and Oceania and is also called Multiple Origin Theory. On the contrary, Autochthonism believes that American cultures originated in our own continent. It was promulgated by the Argentine Florentino Ameghino and says that American cultures were the product of their own natural evolution.; 1º_ Theory by which the origin of the American man is supposed to be autochthonous, although it was always considered allochthonous, arrived from Asia through the Bering Bridge or other coastal routes. Autochthonism was defended by the Italian-Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino, although with erroneous or falsified evidence. The name is of Greek origin by 945; 965; 964; 959; 962; ( automos "same" ) 967; 952; 969; 957; ( chtoon "land, place of birth") -ismo . 2º_ Theory that appears as opposition to diffusionism, since it supposes the social and cultural developments as proper to each people, by its natural impulse of change, and not as an influence of nuclear civilizations that spread their religion, culture and technology. See aloctonismo .; Itself of the place. mem, family or place.; AUTOCTONISMO:E THE ANALYSIS OR STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORIGIN OF MAN AND ITS EVOLUTION.