Why the Nasca's big mistake was to cut down the huarango tree Posted: 4 weeks ago by bingo
For more than eight centuries, the Nasca culture prospered in the coastal valleys of Peru until its sudden downfall around 600 AD.
A team of archaeologists has now found convincing evidence the decline was self-inflicted and began with the cutting down of a tree that could have protected them from devastating climate change.
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by DerAlt:
Hmm.
Wonder what the current huarango tree is/was.
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by bingo:
« DerAlt : Hmm.
Wonder what the current huarango tree is/was. I don't think they wiped out the tree altogether, just theirs.
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by bcgrote:
I wonder if they were convinced to cut down these trees as a form of "modernization". "You don't want to have all these old fashioned trees here! Cut them down and grow MORE crops, despite whatever myths there are about the trees!"
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by cecilberman:
« bingo : I don't think they wiped out the tree altogether, just theirs. He/she meant what is the current equivalent of hurango tree, and the answer is the atmosphere.
The Nasca may or may not have had as their excuse the possible explanation that they couldn't have known the unintended consequences of their actions. Modern man can not claim such ignorance, as there is ample evidence that there is global warming, that it is man-made, and that it is already starting to alter our environment in negative ways.
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by meddelem:
« DerAlt : Hmm.
Wonder what the current huarango tree is/was. hemp.
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Posted: 4 weeks ago by midnightbliss10:
eevn until now, cutting trees to make way for crops is a threat to our environment.
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