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Title: Humans Have Been Cutting Down Forests For 45,000 Years
Post by: rangerrebew on August 06, 2017, 11:54:11 am

Humans Have Been Cutting Down Forests For 45,000 Years

By Elana Glowatz @ElanaGlow On 08/03/17 AT 3:08 PM

Humans have been burning and cutting down forests for thousands of years longer than is commonly thought, part of a long-running tradition of changing Earth’s natural environments.

Deforestation is not a new invention, according to a study in the journal Nature Plants, which went back in human history to explore how people have encroached upon tropical forests. The study says that although many consider this encroachment to be the hallmark of modern civilizations, archaeological evidence shows that we have “actively manipulated tropical forest ecologies for at least 45,000 years.

”http://www.ibtimes.com/humans-have-been-cutting-down-forests-45000-years-2574164

Title: Re: Humans Have Been Cutting Down Forests For 45,000 Years
Post by: SunkenCiv on August 07, 2017, 03:32:48 am

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