Original sentence: However, recent archaeological finds in South America of rock art and human skeletal remains suggest to some scholars and academicians an ancient, pre-Columbian presence of "Australoid" or "Negroid" peoples.Theories of pre-Columbian American-African contact have met with opposition in academia, with some Mesoamericanists charging Van Sertima with "doctoring" and twisting data to fit his conclusions, and with inventing evidence.who arrived before the current Asiatic populations.."
Edited sentence: Theories of pre-Columbian American-African contact have not found favour in academia, with some Mesoamericanists charging Van Sertima with "doctoring" and twisting data to fit his conclusions, and with inventing evidence