Meaning of autoctonismo by furoya

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 .