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I don't know. Did they? Clickbaity titles.....
by JI00912 5y ago
I don't know. Did they? Clickbaity titles.....
- deepsun 5y agoNope. Because https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThis isn't an unreasonable proposition at all. Humans are well documented to shape the local landscape with fire; "yes" would be the default answer to the headline question.
- quietbritishjim 5y agoThen why is the headline phrased as a question? If the default answer is yes and they still couldn't be assertive then I'm even more suspicious than normal! It's certainly sloppy journalism.
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- _rpd 5y agoReferenced paper says > analysis indicate that early anthropogenic fire relaxed seasonal constraints on ignitions, influencing vegetation composition and erosion https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/19/eabf9776 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/19/eabf9776