Thank you for the correction. I was making fun of the liberal idea that all past indigenous peoples were all-knowing and living in harmony and peace with Nature.
Second, the Incas did a LOT of tampering with nature and were quite proud of the fact.
Yes, but don't tell that to a Liberal. They will call you a hate monger if you speak the truth.
The Neolithic revolution Euro-Asia was animal based, with sheep, horses, cows and goats being domesticated. Later people began to plant crops.
In the Americas there was a dearth of usable animals to domesticate so the Neolithic revolution was plant based. Maize, potatoes, beans, cotton, coco, vanilla, squash, tomatoes and peppers were all farmed. While some can be found in a wild form there are a number that can not meaning that they were developed. You don't get that without a lot of tampering.