TIL the Amazon rainforest was the result and product of centuries of indigenous soil management rather than naturally formed as previously supposed.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untouched-amazonian-rainforest-was-actually-shaped-humans-180962378/
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The Supposedly Pristine, Untouched Amazon Rainforest Was Actually Shaped By Humans
Over thousands of years, native people played a strong role in molding the ecology of this vast wildernessBen Panko (Smithsonian Magazine)