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What native American missed the most was earlier domestication of plants and animals
The founder population of new world was 1000 to 5000 people that migrate from Asia to Alaska by 12000 BC.
When first humans immigrated to Americas they didn’t have latest tech for hunter gather humans by example bow and canoe and pottery.
What if the founder population doubled or tripled and they got bow and canoes and pottery
How can this happen?
Early jomen culture in japan did have that tech. if jomen sub-faction immigrated to Americas via kuril- Kamchatka-aleutian islands en then to Americas pacific coast.
When founder population could quadruple. You got 4 instead of 2 cradle civilizations in Americas. One in Mississippi river , Mesoamerica , Andean mountains, amazon river basin.
Mesoamerican expand a lot of effort to turn teosintes in corn .
If Mississippi river an amazon river culture began domesticate wild rice in same time that Mesoamerican where began domesticate corn. I think wild rice is far easier to domesticate than corn and is comparable to wheat. If Mississippi culture expand comparable effort to goosefoot domestication as Mesoamerican effort to domesticate corn then they will have excellent wheat substitution. All American cultures will began plants domestication at the same time 8.000 BC. For animal domestication front if Ancient bison didn’t became extinct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson-Meng_Bison_Kill . If they survive Hudson kill. Let assume that ancient bison is comparable to aurochs domestication potential. Amazon river culture domesticate capybara for meat.
Mississippi culture won’t have obsidian rock because Mississippi river basin don’t have Volcano’s. Mesoamerican and Andean cultures did use obsidian because they lived in volcanic territory. Earlier old copper complex will lead to far earlier metallurgy.
Pottery kiln + old copper complex- obsidian= metallurgy. I think the north south axis have more Advantage than disadvantage. When they have ship will have coastal super highways.
They will have a lot of navigable river, amazon, rio de la plate, Mississippi .
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