Dan Flores

the human population reaches a point where it becomes pretty difficult to live as hunters and gatherers because the numbers of huntable creatures are gradually being reduced. And so at the end of the Pleistocene, that sort of stimulates what we call the Neolithic revolution in the old world, the agricultural revolution, where you start relying a lot on grown crops.

the human population reaches a point where it becomes pretty difficult to live as hunters and gatherers because the numbers of huntable creatures are gradually being reduced. And so at the end of the Pleistocene, that sort of stimulates what we call the Neolithic revolution in the old world, the agricultural revolution, where you start relying a lot on grown crops.

People start living in towns rather than then hunting across the landscape. And they start domesticating a lot of the animals that they had hunted. So hogs and sheep and goats and cattle and horses and all get domesticated.

People start living in towns rather than then hunting across the landscape. And they start domesticating a lot of the animals that they had hunted. So hogs and sheep and goats and cattle and horses and all get domesticated.

People start living in towns rather than then hunting across the landscape. And they start domesticating a lot of the animals that they had hunted. So hogs and sheep and goats and cattle and horses and all get domesticated.

But because North America was settled a lot later, although agriculture does get a start in North America about 4,000 or 5,000 years ago, it never reaches the kind of epic level that it does in the old world, so that a lot of America is still inhabited by, populated by hunter-gatherer groups. I mean, there's agriculture certainly in the south and as far north as southern New England.

But because North America was settled a lot later, although agriculture does get a start in North America about 4,000 or 5,000 years ago, it never reaches the kind of epic level that it does in the old world, so that a lot of America is still inhabited by, populated by hunter-gatherer groups. I mean, there's agriculture certainly in the south and as far north as southern New England.

But because North America was settled a lot later, although agriculture does get a start in North America about 4,000 or 5,000 years ago, it never reaches the kind of epic level that it does in the old world, so that a lot of America is still inhabited by, populated by hunter-gatherer groups. I mean, there's agriculture certainly in the south and as far north as southern New England.

There's, of course, a big agricultural region in the southwest based on irrigated crops and Mexican cultivars. But a lot of, say, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, California, which has a very dense population of native people, they never become agricultural.

There's, of course, a big agricultural region in the southwest based on irrigated crops and Mexican cultivars. But a lot of, say, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, California, which has a very dense population of native people, they never become agricultural.

There's, of course, a big agricultural region in the southwest based on irrigated crops and Mexican cultivars. But a lot of, say, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, California, which has a very dense population of native people, they never become agricultural.

And so what that ultimately translates to is that the population of North America, as far as we can tell, never grows beyond about 5 million people. And that relatively low population obviously doesn't put as much stress on wildlife populations as a larger population would. Then I also came to the conclusion that

And so what that ultimately translates to is that the population of North America, as far as we can tell, never grows beyond about 5 million people. And that relatively low population obviously doesn't put as much stress on wildlife populations as a larger population would. Then I also came to the conclusion that

And so what that ultimately translates to is that the population of North America, as far as we can tell, never grows beyond about 5 million people. And that relatively low population obviously doesn't put as much stress on wildlife populations as a larger population would. Then I also came to the conclusion that

by not having domesticated animals and native people, I mean, they had obviously dogs and a lot of groups domesticated wild turkeys, especially in the Southwest, because they were kind of starving for protein and turkeys as domesticated birds provided a possibility for that. But it's kind of a, a strategy of living that allows a lot of ecological functions to continue.

by not having domesticated animals and native people, I mean, they had obviously dogs and a lot of groups domesticated wild turkeys, especially in the Southwest, because they were kind of starving for protein and turkeys as domesticated birds provided a possibility for that. But it's kind of a, a strategy of living that allows a lot of ecological functions to continue.

by not having domesticated animals and native people, I mean, they had obviously dogs and a lot of groups domesticated wild turkeys, especially in the Southwest, because they were kind of starving for protein and turkeys as domesticated birds provided a possibility for that. But it's kind of a, a strategy of living that allows a lot of ecological functions to continue.

So there's no need to make war on predators, for example. You don't have to go after wolves and coyotes and lions and bears because you don't have domesticated herd animals to protect the way old-worlders did. So that provides a kind of an ecological continuity, I think, that Europeans find.

So there's no need to make war on predators, for example. You don't have to go after wolves and coyotes and lions and bears because you don't have domesticated herd animals to protect the way old-worlders did. So that provides a kind of an ecological continuity, I think, that Europeans find.

So there's no need to make war on predators, for example. You don't have to go after wolves and coyotes and lions and bears because you don't have domesticated herd animals to protect the way old-worlders did. So that provides a kind of an ecological continuity, I think, that Europeans find.