Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival
I do wish the historians/reporters for this article were more accurate in their use of "decimation".  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)#Current_usage_of_the_word" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)#Curren...</a><p>The 1491 book put the death rates at around 1 in 20 surviving - ie 19 out of every 20 people dying from disease etc.