Submitted by Redpanther/Bad Kitty (not verified) on Sun, 04/14/2019 - 21:05
are NOT the same thing as adaptive fitness.
And now, the Monsterous Colonialism of the indigenous Californians (with their FIRE and HUNTING!), before the white invasion:
Symbiosis between organisms is common in nature. What is unique about normal humans ("savages") is that they form a symbiosis with an entire ecosystem as a totality, tending it to peak health.
From my book, pg. 125-126:
(Bischel) writes as if no humans lived in northern/central CA before the Europeans invaded. The "natural process" of low-intensity fires that keep the forests healthy were in fact natural - deliberately set by the natural/wild humans who actually KNEW how to live here.
What the first European invaders found here was an immense park. Huge, healthy, well-spaced trees, hundreds and even thousands of years old. Modest amounts (pure stands in chaparral) of trim, vigorous brush, free from massive amounts of dead and dying fire fuel. . . . Vast crown fires were completely unknown, and the far healthier forests had greater biodiversity. This meant a lot more deer for the humans (and cougars and wolves), as well as a lot more acorn, manzanita berries, and nutritious greens for the humans (and bears and raccoons - tho neither knew how to pound and leech acorn). In small openings in the forest (deliberately cleared and maintained, which also improved forest health/biodiversity and greatly raised acorn yield), as well as the open woodlands and grasslands, fields of brodea ("Indian potatoes") were propagated by permaculture to densities of 100 per sq. ft. . . .
Humans today who are learning how to live here appropriately can also accelerate the shift in native vegetation, helping the rest of nature adapt more quickly/smoothly to climate change.
are NOT the same thing as adaptive fitness.
And now, the Monsterous Colonialism of the indigenous Californians (with their FIRE and HUNTING!), before the white invasion:
Symbiosis between organisms is common in nature. What is unique about normal humans ("savages") is that they form a symbiosis with an entire ecosystem as a totality, tending it to peak health.
From my book, pg. 125-126:
(Bischel) writes as if no humans lived in northern/central CA before the Europeans invaded. The "natural process" of low-intensity fires that keep the forests healthy were in fact natural - deliberately set by the natural/wild humans who actually KNEW how to live here.
What the first European invaders found here was an immense park. Huge, healthy, well-spaced trees, hundreds and even thousands of years old. Modest amounts (pure stands in chaparral) of trim, vigorous brush, free from massive amounts of dead and dying fire fuel. . . . Vast crown fires were completely unknown, and the far healthier forests had greater biodiversity. This meant a lot more deer for the humans (and cougars and wolves), as well as a lot more acorn, manzanita berries, and nutritious greens for the humans (and bears and raccoons - tho neither knew how to pound and leech acorn). In small openings in the forest (deliberately cleared and maintained, which also improved forest health/biodiversity and greatly raised acorn yield), as well as the open woodlands and grasslands, fields of brodea ("Indian potatoes") were propagated by permaculture to densities of 100 per sq. ft. . . .
Humans today who are learning how to live here appropriately can also accelerate the shift in native vegetation, helping the rest of nature adapt more quickly/smoothly to climate change.