SpainA study published in the journal Nature has revealed over 20,000 geoglyphs hidden beneath the dense vegetation of the Amazon rainforest, challenging previous assumptions about the region’s pre-colonial population. Researchers estimate that the Aquiry civilization, which inhabited less than 3% of the Amazon basin, could have had between 1.25 and 3 million inhabitants between 100 and 300 AD. Using LiDAR technology, scientists mapped these structures, uncovering evidence that this society occupied approximately 183,000 square kilometers—three times larger than previously believed. The findings suggest a much more complex and densely populated pre-Columbian Amazon than previously thought.
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