@adamkotsko @mattyglesias Not actually true, common misconception http://bit.ly/Zhxaan .
@simplic10 Huge built-up/cultivated areas were abandoned by the time English settlers showed up, though, e.g. mound-builder cultures.
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@St_Rev@simplic10 I read a theory recently that there was a population crash in early 1500s due to introduction of European diseases. -
@Meaningness@simplic10 ...land, the remnants of a road system, new crop plants, thanked God when they should have thanked smallpox. -
@St_Rev@simplic10 > irrigation system. But, hmm, wiki attributes this to climate change circa 1400, pre-contact. Never mind! -
@Meaningness@st_rev I'm glad you guys reminded me of this stuff, I read it in Diamond but had half-forgotten it. -
@simplic10@Meaningness I wonder what the indigenous population of modern N. America is by descent weighting? There's huge admixture. -
@St_Rev@simplic10 Numbers are probably available. (Don’t know where; I only read human population genetics in popular sources.) -
@Meaningness@simplic10 I suspect there hasn't been a lot of analysis recently or Razib Khan would have blogged about it, but in 5-10 yrs...
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@St_Rev@Meaningness yeah I don't mean to overstate the farming issue but it's important to know NA's were not uniformly hunter-gatherers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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