@Smithsonianmag @smartnews-343feuq8z-Smithsonianmag Felonious Thelytokous Parthenogenesis my old friend,
Step on in and let me shake your hand.

These wasps are new to North America. They're female only. They don't need no stinkin' batchelor matches.

They have a new continent to explore. They're only 1/4 inch long, but they're gonna be the next big thing.

#SteelyDan #Conquistadores #Entomology #Invasive #Wasps

#MexicanHistory
#SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
#LatinAmerica
#ClimateChange

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...‘Great Dying’ by Western scholars." 2)

Even IF the European invaders (#Conquistadores/#Colonizers) had managed to kill 100k in all of the Americas by force, let's round that up to 1m, that would still be within the limits of...

2)
https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/the-great-dying-c-1520-1700-ce/

@mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

@wdlindsy

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And don't even get me started with how #LatinAmerica was "Christianized" by the #CatholicChurch.

I still remember the following: a priest travelling with the #conquistadores would read out a proclamation in Spanish to an native-American settlement telling them to "convert now" or be subjugated. They never did, as they did not understand.