Why were south american civilizations more technologicaly advanced than North...

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...American ones? If the common theory of migration via a Baring strait land bridge stands how is it that those that ventured to South America seemed to develop more advanced technologies, natural selection mayhaps ?
 
It's a question of resources.
Northern America, during the Ice Age, was pretty much inhospitable - meaning that most of the ones who stayed behind there didn't have the time or resources to develop technology.
On the other hand, South America was heaven. Warm, with lots of food, the first human settlers there could easily devote their time to contemplation of the world around them.

But I think that a more compelling reason is because the Polynesians arrived in South America first - as did the ancient Egyptians. [ this hasn't been proven yet, but it's probably true ]
As a result, their technology was adopted by the Incans and the Aztecs - probably one of the reasons you find pyramids there ( this is just my conjecture )

Actually, the North American tribes weren't all that backward.
 
It's a question of resources.
Northern America, during the Ice Age, was pretty much inhospitable - meaning that most of the ones who stayed behind there didn't have the time or resources to develop technology.
On the other hand, South America was heaven. Warm, with lots of food, the first human settlers there could easily devote their time to contemplation of the world around them.

But I think that a more compelling reason is because the Polynesians arrived in South America first - as did the ancient Egyptians. [ this hasn't been proven yet, but it's probably true ]
As a result, their technology was adopted by the Incans and the Aztecs - probably one of the reasons you find pyramids there ( this is just my conjecture )

Actually, the North American tribes weren't all that backward.
 
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