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# An 8,000-year experiment
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/an-8000-year-experimenthttps-arstechnica/
- Published: 2017-05-14T21:27:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-11T19:03:18.000Z
- Author: The Archivist
- Tags: The Stacks

[Is the Amazon the result of an 8000 year experiment](https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/the-amazon-forest-is-the-result-of-a-8000-year-experiment/?ref=thechocolatelife.com)?

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Comment by: DiscoverChoc

Posted on: May 14, 2017

I can recommend the books 1491 and 1493 by Charles Mann to anyone who wants to read more on this – and related – topics. What we learned in school about the Pilgrims and the Spanish conquest of the Americas does not tell even a fraction of what actually went down.

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Comment by: PatrickMRQ

Posted on: May 14, 2017

enjoyed this too

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Comment by: StephAldridge

Posted on: May 14, 2017

This is fascinating, thanks for sharing @pete