Pre-Colombian Civilizations Had Little Impact on Amazon Basin

In a study meant to determine the impact that the ancient populations living in the Amazon Basin had on the rainforest, investigators from the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) discovered that these people had little to no effect on the forest. Previous investigations had suggested that... [ read more >> ]

This is one of the locations used to collect soil core samples for the new study

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This is one of the locations used to collect soil core samples for the new study