The Upper Xingu region was heavily populated prior to European and African contact. Densely populated settlements developed from 1200 to 1600 CE. Ancient roads and bridges linked communities were ofte ...
Forest regeneration is the act of renewing tree cover by establishing young trees, generally promptly after the previous stand or forest has been removed. The method, species, and density are chosen t ...
The origins of the Amazonian dark earths were not immediately clear. One idea was that they resulted from ashfall from volcanoes in the Andes, since they occur more frequently on the brows of higher t ...
Sophisticated pottery—large and elaborately painted and incised with representations of plants and animals—is the most impressive finding in the area and provided the first evidence of complex socie ...
There were two clinical forms of smallpox. Variola major was the severe and most common form, with a more extensive rash and higher fever. Variola minor was a less common presentation, and a much less ...
He was a Spanish adventurer (1490–1547) who accomplished the first descent of the River Amazon. Born at Trujillo (various birth dates, ranging from 1490 to 1511, are still quoted by biographers), Ore ...
Main article: Amazon BasinThe Amazon Basin, the largest in the world, covers about 40% of South America, an area of approximately 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi). It drains from west to ...
Forest gardens are probably the world's oldest form of land use and most resilient agroecosystem. They originated in prehistoric times along jungle-clad river banks and in the wet foothills of monsoon ...
Ancient times and Middle Ages Looked at through the lens of the visual arts, nature and wildness have been important subjects in various epochs of world history. An early tradition of landscape art oc ...
Episode 1: Serengeti First aired on Thursday 9 June 2011. Investigates how the Serengeti became wild through the actions of a colonial disease that emptied the land of the people and livestock that ha ...
Settlement of the Americas Main articles: Settlement of the Americas and Paleo-IndiansFurther information: Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the AmericasAsian nomads are thought to have entered ...
The most famous geoglyphs are the Nazca Lines in Peru. The cultural significance of these geoglyphs for their creators remains unclear, despite many hypotheses. The "Works of the Old Men" in Arabia, ...
Meggers graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree in 1943 and a year later went on to earn a Master's degree from the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan ...
The rainforest likely formed during the Eocene era. It appeared following a global reduction of tropical temperatures when the Atlantic Ocean had widened sufficiently to provide a warm, moist climate ...
The Chitareros were an indigenous Chibcha-speaking people in the Andes of north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela. They were responsible for the death of the German conquistador Ambrosius E ...
