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Reforestation and The "Little Ice Age"
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:55 am
by Minimalist
An interesting article from Science Daily which speculates that the devastating plagues which wiped out whole populations in the America's led to harsh winters back in Europe. For your consideration.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 094551.htm
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:18 pm
by kbs2244
The unspoken assumption is that there was a whole lot of advanced life going on in the Americas before the "discovery."
A far cry from a bunch of "Noble Savages" wandering around in the woods in touch with nature.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:57 pm
by Minimalist
Precisely.
One might stretch the point to suggest that without the general de-population of the Americas the Europeans would have been driven back into the sea.