Re: Fire shapes global vegetation
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Date: 01/29/05
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Date: 29 Jan 2005 08:44:39 -0800
Mario-
Two questions in one day. Must be dull over at MV's Yahooville.
OK explain the existence of the "Great Plains" in America. Nothing to
do with hominids pre 50K (unless they were all from Atlantis &
underwater).
-mark
Mario Petrinovich wrote:
> www.nature.com/news/2005/050124/full/050124-16.html
> "For example, a type of grassland consisting of warmth-loving
plants
> appeared in the tropics between 6 million and 8 million years ago,
and
> quickly spread around the globe. This study suggests that the
grassland's
> spread was primarily influenced by fire, says Bond, although it is
not known
> why there were more fires at that time."
>
> Of course, around that time, a bipedal creature that feeds on
burned
> meat, emerged. -- Mario
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