> -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:26 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Do you think we'll survive? > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Open question. > > > > Do you think we'll survive past three decades? > > > > > 12/21/2012 > we'll know after that... LOL > > the whole Maya civilization vanishes off the face of the earth? wonder > how > that happened. could it be, we are not alone in the universe.
Actually there's no evidence that it "vanished". The braod civilization died - in the blink of an eye geologically, but the decline occurred across two centuries. But the Mayans never disappeared: there were several more periods dominated by Mayan city states in 9th through 13th centuries until foreign influence broke their domination of the region. A lot of current research suggests that they simply out-farmed themselves. Models of how long it would take tillage farming to erode away the topsoil to the point that the land would be unsustainable as farmland fit very nicely with the historical lifespans of ancient cultures (especially large, centralized ones) like the Mayas. No magic men from Mars. No Hotrods of the Gods. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
