Researchers at the University of Exeter have discovered 81 earthworks known as geoglpyhs along 1,200 miles across the Amazon Rainforest. This evidence indicates that the dense, difficult-to-navigate region was once home to up to ten million people prior to European colonization. "There is a common misconception that the Amazon is an untouched landscape, home to scattered, nomadic communities. This is not the case,” said study researcher Dr. Jonas Gregorio de Souza in a statement. “We have found...
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