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To: ManyMoose who wrote (225371)	10/22/2007 12:21:53 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793955

Just speculating on my part, my guess is that Central and South America were more populous with the Indian empires and their descendents while the North American population was considerably less and largely nomadic. * * *

To: ManyMoose who wrote (225371)	10/22/2007 12:25:51 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

One wonders how that society would have developed if Europeans had not come on the scene. No doubt they would eventually invent science, the wheel, written language, and so forth. If that happened, then I would expect a similar result in due time I don't think it would be much different. At various periods the Indians in North America had substantial civilizations. Anasazi, Hopewell, and Cahokia all rose and collapsed and left nothing behind in their descendants. Complete collapse. Without domesticated animal labor, intensive agriculture, the wheel, and advanced metal working, they were pretty limited in how far they could advance beyond basic subsistence.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (225371)	10/22/2007 4:39:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

>>One wonders how that society would have developed if Europeans had not come on the scene.<< Llamas, which are good fiber, meat, and pack animals, had already arrived in Tenochtitlan before the Spaniards. With enough time they would have spread throughout North America. They are good at pulling carts, so the wheel would have arrived sooner or later. One can envision a heavy duty breed to pull plows and freight, and a lighter more agile breed to pull war chariots...