Re: Alternative histories and paralele universes

Carlos Thompson wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, the first settlement of America occured at the begining of
> the last gracial period, some 30000 years ago
As far as I know, the most widely accepted date is 12000 years ago.

> Then, lets say some bison could have been tamed and used as burden animals...
> that would have helped where bisons lived.  One of todays most fertil regions in
> the world is the middle USA, I think if the propper conditions of a big river,
> domesticated bisons (buffalo), fertil land and enough people, an culture could
> have developed.
What about horses?  Horses used to live in America, but were hunted to
extinction by early humans.  What if, in your alternate universe, the
horse survived?

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