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Re:Why Did Ancient Europeans Just Disappear 14,500 Years Ago? by danudey on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @12:25AM (#11208244)
Not rain forests, but you don't need to be a rain forest to have a water supply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis_in_Iran

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Re:Why Did Ancient Europeans Just Disappear 14,500 Years Ago? by PhantomGremlin on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @03:25AM (#11208722)
I think this chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iran_Population_%281880-2... might have a tad to do with it.

More people means more demand for water.

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Re:Why Did Ancient Europeans Just Disappear 14,500 Years Ago? by philipov on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:14AM (#11209464)
And "climate change" is a misleading word to call resource exhaustion caused by human populations outgrowing the carrying capacity of their environment. It's as if the humans are simply passive victims of external circumstances.
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