Posted on 09/19/2008 4:43:17 AM PDT by Renfield
A remote area of the Amazon river basin was once home to densely populated towns, Science journal reports.
The Upper Xingu, in west Brazil, was once thought to be virgin forest, but in fact shows traces of extensive human activity.
Researchers found evidence of a grid-like pattern of settlements connected by road networks and arranged around large central plazas....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
GGG ping.
Interesting, thanks.
Is it just me? Or does it irk you too when they make statements like this?
Everything in the past did not have to exist to satisfy pagan religious rituals.
The roads are designed that way because that would give them the most LIGHT through the trees for the most amount of time throughout the year...
various topics, related in various ways:
Amazon related:
Researchers discover trees in Amazon much older than assumed
(Not as helpful with global warming)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/592435/posts
Date Limit Set On First Americans
BBC | 7-22-2003 | Paul Rincon
Posted on 07/22/2003 6:11:50 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/950870/posts
Explorer: Legendary El Dorado Pinpointed
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/732016/posts
‘First Americans Were Australian’
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929661/posts
Going Into The Water: A Survey Of Impact Events
And The Coastal Peoples Of South-East North America
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/610489/posts
Human settlements far older than suspected discovered in South America
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670296/posts
Lost Inca city “El Dorado” discovered in Peruvian Amazon!
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/723732/posts
Rain Forest Myth Goes Up in Smoke Over the Amazon
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419117/posts
Rainforest Researchers Hit Paydirt
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/742036/posts
Rock discovery causes excitement [Panama]
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1070594/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2070246/posts
Surprise: Rainforest Grows When It’s Dry
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600375/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/733267/posts
in particular:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985282/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986400/posts
also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581486/posts?page=33#33
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Golly. I don’t understand why folks find proof of ancient civilizations something to be wondered at.
Remember that God scattered the people of the world at the Tower of Babel. And there are 12 tribes of Israel, so where are the rest of them?
That’s right. All those farmers planting their fields to line up with the summer solstice, or is it 90 deg. from the summer solstice? Either way, it must be some pagan ritual.
Except for the Protestants, it's 45 deg. and no dancing allowed.
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