Piney Posted May 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Quote Critically endangered South American forests thought to be the result of climate change were actually spread by ancient communities, archaeologists have found. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-critically-endangered-south-american-forests.html 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted May 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) So they were the original elves then? Or to be more serious they spread trees as fanatically as the Romans built roads and aqueducts? Edited May 20, 2018 by Wickian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf vs grey ufo Posted May 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted May 20, 2018 It seems to me to be more theory than fact although not too unlikely. I wouldn't give humanity the badge of 'global heroes' off of it because judging off this modern map and how there already were millions of trees, they didn't contribute much. Distribution ranges of South American Araucaria:https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-ranges-of-South-American-Araucaria-Araucaria-araucana-in-Argentina-and_fig1_262825946 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 20, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Wickian said: So they were the original elves then? Or to be more serious they spread trees as fanatically as the Romans built roads and aqueducts? My people did the same. Even though they were considered "tethered nomads" they planted groves of fruit and nuts. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 20, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted May 20, 2018 4 hours ago, dwarf vs grey ufo said: It seems to me to be more theory than fact although not too unlikely. I wouldn't give humanity the badge of 'global heroes' off of it because judging off this modern map and how there already were millions of trees, they didn't contribute much. There has been a long proven correlation between the spread of certain trees and plants due to certain tribes in North America. The Eastern U.S was pine forests and then masts fruit trees and certain plants appeared along with the Archaic groups that traveled North. Wet sites in Florida proved these peoples were pretty advanced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted May 20, 2018 #6 Share Posted May 20, 2018 You know someone's gonna use this to bolster an argument that we can just trash them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted May 22, 2018 #7 Share Posted May 22, 2018 It is silvaculture, agriculture in a time and size scale that make it unfamiliar to Europeans. Imagine crops that would take generations to tend and watch mature. Food, firewood, building materials,shade, climate control, hunting, and land shaping all at once. A lot less work and a lot more return than plowing the prairie to plant wheat. On 5/19/2018 at 11:37 PM, dwarf vs grey ufo said: I wouldn't give humanity the badge of 'global heroes' off of it because judging off this modern map and how there already were millions of trees, they didn't contribute much. Ease up dwarf.. Sometimes saving the world just starts with taking care of the place you live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted May 22, 2018 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2018 On 5/20/2018 at 4:31 AM, Piney said: There has been a long proven correlation between the spread of certain trees and plants due to certain tribes in North America. The Eastern U.S was pine forests and then masts fruit trees and certain plants appeared along with the Archaic groups that traveled North. Wet sites in Florida proved these peoples were pretty advanced. Piney, is hickory included in that suite? I never saw any in Texas, but we had some godawful big pecan trees. Some looked to be wild, but I guess they had been introduced in the last century. My grandmother could make a pecan pie that was a wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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