The Secrets of the Amazon Rainforest #joerogan #shorts #amazon #history

[Zachary-]

Him: "We don't know how they made the soil so fertile."
The Aztecs mid-sacrifice: 👀

[Rex]

Humans have spent our entire time on earth trying to learn and develop new ways of living. We often forget that humans thousands of years ago tried just as hard as us to solve the problems of their day.

[vanderluisnovaisnunes]

As a Brazilian soil scientist, I’ll mention that the formation process of “black earth” is well known among soil scientists. The “terra preta” is formed in areas where residues (leftover foods, bones, plants ect) were discarded over a long period of time (talking about 100yrs +) by the native. Over time, a dense A horizon rich in organic matter is formed.

[izmizzle]

Him: "Pyramids! In the Amazon!"
Joe: *Leans forward in chair*

[hidel]

They actually had same-day delivery on all their packages.

[itsstillpasta]

One of the things that makes me sad is the fact there's so much more human history we've lost than history we have access to.

[jippedgamer]

"this is why you must mow the yard son"

[tsunawon]

When modern people forget that travelling and sharing knowledge back then was a thing.

[christinewoodland]

Read an article on this once a long time ago. It said there was evidence of slashing, burning and replanting. They had transformed 2/3rds of the Amazon. I remember the accompanying pictures. There was one of an excavation, there was a charcoal layer in the cross section of dirt. In the areal photos there was a very distinct visible difference between the vegetation of the two parts, almost like a line had been drawn where one ended and the other began.

[_Pyroon_]

I'm okay with circles, I'm even okay with squares or even rectangles... But when you start getting 3d triangles I'm bout to go crazy.

[vonvonhussein]

“Squares, circles… circles surrounded by squares” 🤣

[josue]

Brazilian here, actually the soil is only fertile because of the trees. If you remove them to cultivate It becomes infertile

[MATTERSGAMES]

“We still don’t know how they did it”
1, 000 Amazonians shitting in the pile of mud they just dug out 👀

[jjgems]

My family is from guatemala and if you ever visit Tikal, which is the sight of some of the largest Mayan ruins like El Gran Jaguar (the great Jaguar temple) they’re still discovering pyramids their. I got to climb to the top of the most recent one they had discovered at the time and they were still unearthing it. From the top you can see as far as the eye can see, just miles and miles of jungle. And they say many of the hills that are around may still be pyramids. But if you’ve ever lived in a jungle, you’re realize how quickly the earth can swallow everything up if left unkept.

[Alex-mebf]

“Ay John come help me dig this huge square to confuse the future people”

[soupafleye]

if only you could time travel to truly know how history unfolded

[lysander]

JR: "That's cool, but why should I care?"
Prof: "Many of these plants where psychoacti-
JR: "Jamie, book a flight to Brazil"

[chrismayhem]

The way the dude says “pyramids!” …he’s reached full climax

[ReverbCanvas]

I absolutely love the passion in his voice

[barelynikki]

The terra preta is simply organic matter, which makes the forest feed itself nowadays