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The Amazon is much older than humans in South America. I don't buy this theory either.
by eloff 5y ago
The Amazon is much older than humans in South America. I don't buy this theory either.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoI’m probably being misleading since it’s not my field, but a quick Google suggests that the forest has changed over the past few thousand years - I didn’t mean to suggest that the forest wouldn’t be there without us, but that the ecosystem is richer and more complex because of our interference. Just one source that talks about the changes over the past couple thousand years: "These indigenous systems were highly sophisticated...There are over 80 domesticated or semi-domesticated crops in the Amazon," he said. "In Europe at the time they were working with about six." https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-amazon-idUSKBN0FD00N20140708 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-amazon-idUSKB...