Large-scale forest fires started by prehistoric hunter-gatherers are probably the reason why Europe is not more densely forested. The finding -- by an international team, including climate researcher Professor Jed Kaplan of the University of Lausanne and archaeologist Professor Jan Kolen of Leiden University -- was published in the journal PLOS ONE. Reconstruction of a Fire in a semi-open landscape  [Credit: Leiden...

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