Laurence Blair

or you know cyclical variations in the climate had an effect and one thing that's been revealed as these and by recent droughts are these carvings in the riverbank near manouts that show these kind of ghostly faces a bit like scream you know that famous everett monk painting you know and there's also these grooves for sharpening weapons so i think that that maybe gives us a hint of what was going on and crucially i think you know as we mentioned already it's these it's the european illnesses you know these plagues which sweep through these

or you know cyclical variations in the climate had an effect and one thing that's been revealed as these and by recent droughts are these carvings in the riverbank near manouts that show these kind of ghostly faces a bit like scream you know that famous everett monk painting you know and there's also these grooves for sharpening weapons so i think that that maybe gives us a hint of what was going on and crucially i think you know as we mentioned already it's these it's the european illnesses you know these plagues which sweep through these

places and uh you know before many europeans even arrived i think crucially even before europeans really properly invaded let's say south america these illnesses were racing ahead of them before they quote-unquote conquered the incas the incas empire had already been ravished by european illnesses because they were transmitted from one trader to another traveler to another diplomat so really that those those very thriving villages which are

places and uh you know before many europeans even arrived i think crucially even before europeans really properly invaded let's say south america these illnesses were racing ahead of them before they quote-unquote conquered the incas the incas empire had already been ravished by european illnesses because they were transmitted from one trader to another traveler to another diplomat so really that those those very thriving villages which are

places and uh you know before many europeans even arrived i think crucially even before europeans really properly invaded let's say south america these illnesses were racing ahead of them before they quote-unquote conquered the incas the incas empire had already been ravished by european illnesses because they were transmitted from one trader to another traveler to another diplomat so really that those those very thriving villages which are

Brianna and Carvajal saw in the 1540s were perhaps only the shadow of these great Amazonian powers. And I think actually, you know, if we think about some of the Amazonian peoples that are still uncontacted today or living in voluntary isolation is the kind of preferred term because they're people who are choosing to avoid us and with good reason in many cases.

Brianna and Carvajal saw in the 1540s were perhaps only the shadow of these great Amazonian powers. And I think actually, you know, if we think about some of the Amazonian peoples that are still uncontacted today or living in voluntary isolation is the kind of preferred term because they're people who are choosing to avoid us and with good reason in many cases.

Brianna and Carvajal saw in the 1540s were perhaps only the shadow of these great Amazonian powers. And I think actually, you know, if we think about some of the Amazonian peoples that are still uncontacted today or living in voluntary isolation is the kind of preferred term because they're people who are choosing to avoid us and with good reason in many cases.

These aren't people who have necessarily been living in like that since the Stone Age. They may even be the great-grandchildren of settled, prosperous Amazonian societies, which just outside of living memory have run away from European colonization.

These aren't people who have necessarily been living in like that since the Stone Age. They may even be the great-grandchildren of settled, prosperous Amazonian societies, which just outside of living memory have run away from European colonization.

These aren't people who have necessarily been living in like that since the Stone Age. They may even be the great-grandchildren of settled, prosperous Amazonian societies, which just outside of living memory have run away from European colonization.

Around 1900, there was a massive rubber boom in the Amazon that really saw horrific abuses perpetrated against the Amazonian peoples by different companies from Britain, from the United States. And so these are people who actually haven't always been like that. but actually are still living well. They've realized that perhaps they don't need to live in cities.

Around 1900, there was a massive rubber boom in the Amazon that really saw horrific abuses perpetrated against the Amazonian peoples by different companies from Britain, from the United States. And so these are people who actually haven't always been like that. but actually are still living well. They've realized that perhaps they don't need to live in cities.

Around 1900, there was a massive rubber boom in the Amazon that really saw horrific abuses perpetrated against the Amazonian peoples by different companies from Britain, from the United States. And so these are people who actually haven't always been like that. but actually are still living well. They've realized that perhaps they don't need to live in cities.

They don't need to live in a way which we would recognize as being a kind of urban, prosperous society because they have what they need. Their ancestors have planted this biome with many, many life-giving species and have developed it to be almost a perfect niche for humans to thrive. And I think that's a really important message to bring home here.

They don't need to live in a way which we would recognize as being a kind of urban, prosperous society because they have what they need. Their ancestors have planted this biome with many, many life-giving species and have developed it to be almost a perfect niche for humans to thrive. And I think that's a really important message to bring home here.

They don't need to live in a way which we would recognize as being a kind of urban, prosperous society because they have what they need. Their ancestors have planted this biome with many, many life-giving species and have developed it to be almost a perfect niche for humans to thrive. And I think that's a really important message to bring home here.

This knowledge of how to live sustainably with the rainforest still exists, not only amongst indigenous communities, but in the Afro-descendant and the mixed race populations, which are kind of living in the Amazon today. You go to any village and they'll be able to point out to you 12, 15, 20 species, which they use sustainably.

This knowledge of how to live sustainably with the rainforest still exists, not only amongst indigenous communities, but in the Afro-descendant and the mixed race populations, which are kind of living in the Amazon today. You go to any village and they'll be able to point out to you 12, 15, 20 species, which they use sustainably.

This knowledge of how to live sustainably with the rainforest still exists, not only amongst indigenous communities, but in the Afro-descendant and the mixed race populations, which are kind of living in the Amazon today. You go to any village and they'll be able to point out to you 12, 15, 20 species, which they use sustainably.