Galapagos

One of the largest specimens of fossil rock art in the world has been located in the Amazon rainforest. Acclaimed the Sistine Chapel of the Ancients, archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of animal and human drawings on cliffs extending almost 13 kilometers in the Colombian Amazon. The antiquity of some of these works dates back to 12,500 years, as shown by the portrayal of the extinct animals of the Ice Age (such as mastodons, and giants sloths). Sea creatures have been seen and drawn by some of the first people to enter the Amazon. His photos take a glimpse

It has long been assumed that large many parts of the Amazon were uninhabited because people didn’t want to live far from major rivers. However, a startling discovery reveals that there were hundreds of villages in the rainforest and areas that were believed to have been uninhabited were in fact home to thriving populations of up to a million people.

Global Recognition Honors the Struggles of Indigenous Peoples In Protection of the Amazon Rainforest and Our Planet’s Climate