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Amazon

Also known as: Amazonia

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The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Springer Apr 8, 2022 2 facts

claimPerspectivist views on the mind explain how Amazonian peoples attribute agency to non-human animals and non-living things by endowing them with anthropomorphic qualities, according to Vilaça (2011).

claimThe Euro-American modern secular and Euro-American modern supernaturalist theories of mind are prominent in Europe and North America; the opacity-of-mind theory is found in Melanesia and the South Pacific; the transparency-of-language theory is found in Central America; the mind-control theory is found throughout Asia; and the perspectivist theory prevails among Amazonian peoples.

How open-source is shaping the future of innovation devopsonline.co.uk DevOps Online 1 fact

claimThe Red Pitaya STEMlab platform is used in projects to monitor harmful gas emissions, track deforestation in the Amazon, and measure water quality in remote areas.

Communities Powering a Just Energy Transition - Ford Foundation fordfoundation.org Ford Foundation Feb 17, 2026 1 fact

claimDuring COP30, Colombia committed to protecting its portion of the Amazon by prohibiting large-scale mining and oil projects.

The Evolution of Diet - National Geographic nationalgeographic.com National Geographic 1 fact

accountAna Cuata Maito, a member of the Tsimane tribe in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, prepares a porridge made of plantains and sweet manioc as a staple meal.

The psychedelic renaissance and the limitations of a White ... akjournals.com Akadémiai Kiadó 1 fact

claimThe use of psychoactive plants is historically linked to religious rituals in various cultures, including the Bwiti in Africa, indigenous groups in the Amazon, and the Aztec civilization in North America.

Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous ... link.springer.com Springer Oct 4, 2024 1 fact

referencePrance et al. (1987) discussed quantitative ethnobotany and the case for conservation in Amazonia, published in 'Conservation Biology'.

Pharmacological Uses of New Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal ... academia.edu International Academic Publishing House 1 fact

claimOliveira reported that ethnophytomedicine in the Amazon is threatened by deforestation and the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2021 study.

Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 1 fact

referenceThe Tukano people of the Amazon and Orinoco utilize Banisteriopsis caapi and Diplopterys cabrerana (common name: yagé), which contain the psychoactive principles harmine, harmaline, and DMT (Jackson, 1983).

Pharmacological Uses of New Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua Bhanumati Sarkar, Paramita Biswas, Suman Adhikari · International Academic Publishing House (IAPH) 1 fact

claimThe future of ethnophytomedicine in the Amazon is threatened by deforestation and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hallucinogenic Plants and Their Use in Traditional Societies culturalsurvival.org Cultural Survival Feb 19, 2010 1 fact

claimIn the Amazon, indigenous groups use hallucinogens to divine the future, track enemy movements, ensure the fidelity of women, and diagnose or treat diseases.