Ancient CivilizationsStudy Tracks Earliest Colombian Hunter-Gatherers – Who Vanished Without a Trace! Posted on June 16, 2025 by Administrator People coming from the north settled South America. The first hunter-gatherers entered the continent from the region of what is Colombia today and then spread out from there. These early settlers of the high plains around Bogotá, the Altiplano, have been dated back to 6,000 years ago. They represent a population that has yet to be described. They disappeared 2,000 years ago at the latest and were replaced by a second migration from Central America.