Millions of people may have inhabited the southwestern Amazon rainforest roughly 2,000 years ago, part of an ancient civilization that archaeologists now suspect was much larger than previously thought.
The civilization, known as the Aquiry, likely peaked between 100 and 300 C.E. During the time, scientists estimate between 1.25 million to 3 million people inhabited more than 70,600 square miles of what is now northern Brazil, an area about the size of North Dakota.
Archaeologists came up with those figures based on the results of a recent aerial survey using lidar, a laser-based, remote sensing technology that produces detailed, three-dimensional maps of the landscape. They found nearly 400 previously undocumented geometric earthworks, known as “geoglyphs,” in a 1,740-square-mile area, which they used to estimate the Aquiry’s population size and geographic sprawl.
The findings, detailed in a new paper published July 29 in the journal Nature, add to a growing body of evidence showing that the Amazon is not an untouched wilderness but, rather, a landscape that has been shaped by humans for centuries.
Oh, okay. Well, while you’re allegedly rolling around on the floor in hysterics, here’s my actual point-- when we don’t know, it’s best not to assume, as per the very mechanisms of science.
So yeah, I find that what you said is indeed plausible, but not currently supported by the body of known scientific evidence, which is kinda the whole point.
And there we go… talking about “bias,” your fundamental inclination to read science from various disciplines as supporting your unified, personal idea upon such. That’s exactly the kind of thing I was getting at above. Next, you’re going to gush about Piltdown Man…
Cool, well just ignore everything that doesn’t support your point I guess. Not like I laid out the breadcrumbs or anything
Excuse me for wanting an actual dialogue
If you want an actual dialogue, it helps to start with a solid premise.
The OP is about a 2,000yr old civilisation, and you’re talking about a tradition of “food forests” or some such? Show me a solid connection if you want me to take that seriously.
Or maybe you simply saw it as an opportunity to ramble on upon this or that… which is fine with me, and don’t let me get in your way.