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Published · transcript-backedEd Barnhart: belief
30 Sept 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America
“I think the next waves came down and did North America and Central America, and the very first wave made it all the way down to South America and got isolated there.”
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- Ed Barnhart
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- belief
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- 30 Sept 2024
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…So there’s some kind of cultural engine that drove them to explore. So if you had to bet all your money, it happened like tens of thousands of years ago, but in a very rapid pace. There’s these explorers. They went all the way to South America and there established their more stable existence. And from there, South America, Mesoamerica, North America was gradually expanded into that area? I think the next waves came down and did North America and Central America, and the very first wave made it all the way down to South America and got isolated there. Isolated.…
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