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> shift to wetter climate makes Amazonia transition from grasslands to jungle (2k years ago) Wait, so all those forest species living there...did they migrate
by lkbm 4y ago
> shift to wetter climate makes Amazonia transition from grasslands to jungle (2k years ago)
Wait, so all those forest species living there...did they migrate from further north?
- jamiek88 4y agoThere is a lot of evidence that the rainforest is largely man made. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untouched-amazonian-rainforest-was-actually-shaped-humans-180962378/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untou...
- samth 4y agoA quick investigation on Wikipedia suggests that there are two competing schools of thought: - the rainforest was somewhat smaller but still intact (contra the OP) - the rainforest was reduced to small refuges separated by grassland
- culi 4y ago(op here) > the rainforest was reduced to small refuges separated by grassland This is the school of thought I've read about the most and my understanding. I never meant to imply that the entire rainforest didn't exist 2k years ago. Sorry for any confusion