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Having no prior indoctrination or opinion I had always just assumed it would have coincided with proliferation of agricultural. Whoever says the forests disappe
by conductr 5y ago
Having no prior indoctrination or opinion I had always just assumed it would have coincided with proliferation of agricultural. Whoever says the forests disappeared 1000 years ago, after agriculture had been in full swing for millennia, makes a weak argument without some supporting evidence.
Even in the US, where land clearing has only been in practice for a few centuries, we’ve seen drastic changes to our landscape. I’d love to see how things looked before American chestnut trees went “extinct” and how people used them in the past. Apparently it was quite the resource.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> the US, where land clearing has only been in practice for a few centuries What? The natives practiced slash-and-burn.
- conductr 5y agoNot to the extent of Europe circa 1492
- thaumasiotes 5y agoAlmost certainly true, though be aware that the Columbian Exchange resulted in a dramatic reforestation of the Americas as the people that had been keeping the forest in check died off. This is often viewed as the cause of the Little Ice Age.