Ursus Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=112124572 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Humans are probably the reason behind the extinctions of many species of large animals at the end of the last Ice Age. The open plains of East Africa like Serengeti famous for their wildlife are believed to be created by man when they deforested these areas with fire to make way for cattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Given that Dodo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 This report is relevant because until quite recently the prevalent opinion (shared by many people still today) was that the good savages lived in perfect harmony with nature; as their chat section shows, there is still some disagreement about the contribution of early humans to the extinction of the Megafauna. I entirely agree with Kosmo; the fact that Africa was the only place where the Pleistocene Megafauna survived is best explained by the long time that those animals had to adapt themselves to the humans. I agree with NN description on BBC 4; I would think that "early" simply means previous than "late". The Dodo quote was just a metaphore on the dissapearance of the Good Green Savage theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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