Indigenous societies' 'first contact' typically brings collapse, but rebounds are possible

Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 12:31 in Mathematics & Economics

It was disastrous when Europeans first arrived in what would become Brazil—95 percent of its population, the majority of its tribes, and essentially all of its urban and agricultural infrastructure vanished. The experiences of Brazil's indigenous societies mirror those of other indigenous peoples following "first contact."

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