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I am talking here specific about the Amazon and even though it is not orthodoxy yet, the long-lived idea that the Amazon is ' | I am talking here specific about the Amazon and even though it is not orthodoxy yet, the long-lived idea that the Amazon is ' | ||
What it breaks down is the hard distinction between gardening and foraging: foraging becomes, to a certain degree, time-lapse gardening. | What it breaks down is the hard distinction between gardening and foraging: foraging becomes, to a certain degree, time-lapse gardening. | ||
+ | The [[Ecosystem_gardening]] page as it stand now is not really containing what it says. | ||
**The tribals we met in India, living in stone-age conditions, had little knowledge about plants beyond their use.** | **The tribals we met in India, living in stone-age conditions, had little knowledge about plants beyond their use.** | ||
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+ | ** I'd like to add that research done by Willie Smits on Borneo has shown Orang-utans to use pruning and weeding and sowing. ** | ||
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+ | Ah! Just as language is part of primate evolution, so might be species cultivation. Can I point out another interesting (Dutch) researcher: Marc van Roosmalen: [[http:// | ||
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+ | //Spotting these grey areas between gardening and foraging or between pristine ' |