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There were elephants there that humans hunted to extinction, elephants typically keep forests down and create grasslands. So it seems likely it happened, and th
by Jensson 2y ago
There were elephants there that humans hunted to extinction, elephants typically keep forests down and create grasslands. So it seems likely it happened, and that humans was the cause (by killing the elephants).
Edit: So it is likely that the change happened and had nothing to do with the soil change.
- zeristor 2y agoDepends, there’s elephants in the Congo forest, they’re just not too easy to see. The trees grow faster than the elephants can wreck them. But in areas with less rain fall elephants keep the grasslands more open. As did Mammoths in the northern forests.