@EricLawton The 19th century was a high of colonialism and collecting seeds, fruits, plants, and animals around the globe.

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So, the people of South America domesticated Amaranth. -
So, the people of South America domesticated Amaranth.@futurebird 2/2 have also wild native amaranthus species: https://www.sauvagesdupoitou.com/rech/vous?p=31 so a parallel development could be a hypothesis (genetics had to prove it).
But the combination of the written evidence and the dates of colonialism speak more in favour of the plundering variant (or seeds in boots/material). We have not yet been able to find any evidence before Columbus.
Why could birds have started their work in the 16th century?
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So, the people of South America domesticated Amaranth.@futurebird 1/2 Do you have a source for the bird hypothesis? Because if that were the case, we would be teaching people the wrong stuff in our cultural heritage centre in France.
Here, Amaranthus cruentus is one of the oldest traditional food plants, anchored in folklore and even a day of the French Revolution calendar. The oldest written source is from 1544. We teach the introduction by colonisers who also brought plants to Africa. Plus a possible introduction by trade routes from Asia. We -
If someone tells you about a boycott (or consumer action or whatever we are calling them now) and you think "I never go there anyway, I hate 'em." That is great!@futurebird I'm not sure, if I understand you: I payed my kindle only once. What I have to pay is when I'm buying books. And this money doesn't go only to Amazon but to the publishers/writers.
Does it mean you don't buy more books? -
Keeping your files and back up in order is a lot of work and I find it easy to put off the task to a later time.@futurebird Tell us please, if you succeeded! I read the description of problems with de-drm-ing and it was long ...