ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND EVIDENCE THAT PARTS OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WERE CLEAR CUT NEARLY ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE PROOF THAT 700 YEARS AGO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS CIVILIZED/POPULATED AND NOT A VAST "PRISTINE" TROPICAL JUNGLE:

With the aid of satellite imagery from Google Earth, soon archeologists in Brazil will be finding more and more large geometric designs carved into the ground in the Amazon rainforest.

The geoglyphs are believed to have been sculpted by ancient people from the Amazon region around 700 years ago, though their purpose is still unknown. So far, nearly 300 geoglyphs have been identified, but with advances in satellite imaging--and increased clearing of the jungle coverage--scientists are hoping to discover many more of these strange, geometric designs.

One of the factors that contributed to so many geoglyphs being undetected prior to the aid of satallites is their enormous size. According to leading geoglyph scientist Alceu Ranzi, his latest discoveries--five sets of geometric shapes, with circles, squares and lines--can measure more than a mile from one extreme to another.

You do not see them in field. There is a difference in the color of grass but is very thin. If there were no satellite images, there would be no possibility [of making these new discoveries].

Because they've been so hard to find, the first geoglyphs weren't discovered until the 1970s. Since then, scientists have been trying to piece together what significance they may have had to ancient Amazonians.

ANOTHER ECO-NUTSIE MYTH BITES THE DUST.

THE IDEA THAT ANCIENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE EARTH, AND THE EVIL WHITE MAN COLONIZER/IMPERIALIST WAS BAD IS BS.

THE IDEA THAT THE RAINFOREST IS PRISTINE AND WAS ALWAYS UNTOUCHED IS BS, TOO.