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No, not defending that, since evidence points to it having been a forest, but that a place like the Amazon could form from grassland in the span of a few thousa
by southernplaces7 2y ago
No, not defending that, since evidence points to it having been a forest, but that a place like the Amazon could form from grassland in the span of a few thousand years is absolutely possible.
- luqtas 2y agothe western part once turned into a huge wetland, after the Andes emerged from the ocean. that was more than 10 Ma ago although. that was also what made the western Amazonia part differ on its biodivesity humans may altered the biodiversity of Amazonia by breeding only wanted species. but we don't have too much evidence of that (yet). but if it was, the biodiversity of pre-humans was probably richer, as indigenous apparently managed the forests with fire and farmed hyperdominant cultures [0] [0] https://portal.amelica.org/ameli/journal/181/1813954027/html/ https://portal.amelica.org/ameli/journal/181/1813954027/html...