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The native peoples had almost disappeared by the time of Uruguay's independence as a result of European diseases and constant warfare. It is estimated that there were about 9,000 Charrúa and 6,000 Chaná and Guaraní at the time of first contact with Europeans in the 1500s. During precolonial times, Uruguayan territory was inhabited by small tribes of nomadic Charrúa, Chaná, Arachán, and Guarani peoples who survived by hunting and fishing and probably never reached more than 10,000 to 20,000 people. About 4,000 years ago, Charrúa and Guarani people arrived here. Examples of ancient rock art have been found at Chamangá. The earliest discovered bolas is about 7,000 years old. The earliest traces of human presence are about 10,000 years old and belong to the hunter-gatherer cultures of Catalanense and Cuareim cultures, which are extensions of cultures originating in Brazil.