Hmmm,..Not such a NEW WORLD after all

Archaeologists once believed the ancient Amazon rainforest was an inhospitable place, sparsely populated by bands of hunter-gatherers. But the remains of enormous earthworks, pyramids, and roads from Bolivia to Brazil discovered over the past 2 decades have proved conclusively that the Amazon was home to large, complex societies long before European colonizers arrived. ⁠

Now, there’s evidence that another human society—the oldest yet—left its mark on the region: A dense net…

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