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Tag Archives: Americas
Wildlife of Africa and the links to wildlife of South America
When South America split from Africa (see previous blog) it became, for much of the past 130 million years, an island continent, and on it organisms evolved in “splendid isolation.” Mammals, especially, evolved into forms not seen anywhere else. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Americas, ecocide, endangered species, gondwana, megafauna, organised crime, origins of life, prehistoric, South Africa, South America, wildlife
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The Sacred Condor
The magnificent Condor is a familiar and respected scavenger bird which flies over the Americas. Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures. The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), is thought to possibly be the most … Continue reading
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Tagged a.magificens, Americas, andes, aves, california, condor, endangered species, extinction, incas, miocene, p.sandersi, religion, triassic
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2.5 Mya Africa: Homo habilis (Handy Man) to 15.5 thousand years ago in Americas
We all know how we each care about the location attributes of where we find ourselves living. We may be, currently, thousands of years down the line since our ancestors began to walk on two legs rather then four, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Americas, england, flint, france, homo erectus, homo habilis, Leakey, pleistocene, solutrean, stone tools, wood
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Fragility of human existence: following the migration of hominins
The first humans to arrive in the Americas out of Africa would have been faced with crossing the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the long migration through Asia to Beringia, or maybe through hops over Pacific islands. The migration of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americas, anthropology, asia, China, global conveyor, Gulf Stream, hawai, human migration, north atlantic, pacific, philippines, sundaland, Weather
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New World, New Food and Concepts of Western Supremacy
Cacique (tribe leader) – perhaps how the Taíno leader may have looked when meeting Columbus.See epicworldhistory In 1492 the indigenous people who lived in the Caribbean and Florida were Taíno, a tribe of the Arawak Indians. At the time of … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th century, Americas, Arawak, Columbus, genocide, gold, greed, New World, power, Roman Catholic Church, supremacy delusions, Taíno, wealth, world food
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