Recent content by Domoviye

Even just going along the southern shore of Lake Superior through Northern Michigan would have been easier. So as everyone else has said, if it hadn't been for nation building, there'd be no large scale railway. Just small ones to the nearest port.

Not really, they might be able to carry small packs, but they're basically more agreeable pigs.

This isn't the best source, but the only link I have to the older more detailed one is on my old broken computer. I may be able to find it in the next week or so. Here is a rewrite of the stuff I read several years ago. The original article said, a few hundred years before maize was introduced...

Sunflowers also came from the Mississippi. The main problem in the Mississippi seems to be the lack of meat. Shortly after agriculture was developed, the population expanded pretty quickly and then crashed hard after a few hundred years. Skeletal remains from the time period showed the people...

Thought about it at first, but decided to leave them out. I wanted the America's to be more advanced but still not equal to Europe. With more big domestics, that changes the dynamics too much. It's also a little late for adding in big ones without some large retcons.

Yep. But there were good fisheries in San Francisco Bay which would support a lot of people, if they had a reason to settle down and make better boats. Also there are a fair number of swamps and lakes in California, not enough for the current population, but for a small civilization with a crop...

If California had a single plant that could be cultivated easily, it could have been a cradle of civilization. It had lots of food, but none of it could be cultivated without a lot of work. So it had thousands of small bands migrating up and down the hills every year following the food. They...

Alexander lives longer, he doesn't conquer India, but he solidifies his hold over what he has, and has a few campaigns to consolidate and pacify, but not conquer the neighbours As the ruler of pretty much all he can hold, he delegates things properly, and enjoys a life of ease. But he gets...

Thanks. The links you posted have been extremely useful for a number of idea's I've had. Many thanks.

Well there's OTL llama and Alpaca, limited for now in South America. The Australis (South America) horse, more like a pony or friendly mule. While its Northern cousin was wiped out, the fighting between humans and neanderthals in and around the Pampas kept them alive until they could be...

Thanks, but I just need the plants, and the ptarmigan. With 4 big domestics already, I'll leave the muskox as OTL, a potential domestic that never quite got there.

Do you mind if I steal some of the plants and the ptarmigan for my Neanderthal TL? I was going to use some of the same plants, but haven't gotten around to doing nearly as much research as you have.

Woot! Can't wait to see it.

Really like the Musk Ox. And it was just detailed enough.

If the Neanderthals were taking human women to breed with against the womans and her tribes will, there would be fighting. Which would leave a lot of people on both sides with wooden spears and clubs in their bodies. Since there isn't much evidence of this, it's unlikely that rape was a large...