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The human scene

Rainforest rice paddy
Rainforest rice paddy
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The first human settlers to Madagascar found a land of animals never hunted by people or any other large predator, forests uncut and a landscape never grazed by cattle. These people brought iron tools and weapons - no stone age culture is known from Madagascar. Later rice agriculture was introduced.

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Contents:
1.René relaxing
2.Children
3.Tomb
4.Old fortifications
5.Village scene
6.Rainforest rice paddy
7.Transplanting rice
8.Dry rice tavy
9.Ranomafana tavy
10.Andasibe tavy
11.Vanilla orchid
12.GDP per capita graph
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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