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its a jarring realization that deserts, mountains, and worse climates are mroe hospitable to human civilization than Lush/Green looking northern forests (lemmy.nz)
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[โ€“] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can cross a desert, you only need to carry water and food.

Just try walking 100m into a forest.

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's not it. Europe was largely forest 2000 years ago, with the Gauls being forest people. There are still hunter gatherers living in the Amazon