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To: SampleMan
Anthropologists differentiate between "North America" and "Meso America" ~ rather similar to the way they differentiate between Asia and Europe.

So, corn arrived and that spelled their doom. Suddenly they had a high carb diet!

Indians developed corn and spread the plant and the culture that went with it just all over the place ~

16 posted on 07/25/2012 9:47:30 AM PDT by muawiyah
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[ Anthropologists differentiate between “North America” and “Meso America” ~ rather similar to the way they differentiate between Asia and Europe.
So, corn arrived and that spelled their doom. Suddenly they had a high carb diet!

Indians developed corn and spread the plant and the culture that went with it just all over the place ~ ]

Depends on which indians and where, also the Europeans brought farming practices that increased the plentifulness of high carb foods as well.


18 posted on 07/25/2012 9:58:36 AM PDT by GraceG
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