Friday, May 17, 2019

True identity of imposter 'pigs' on 17th century map overturns early colonial history of Barbados

Which came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since the first English colonists arrived in 1627 to encounter what they thought was a herd of wild European pigs. Research is shedding new light on the mystery and the altering of New World environments.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2HrXH4y
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