New Scientist reports on evidence that vast deforestation led to the downfall of the Mayan people, not war or disease as previously thought.Mayan ruins such as in Tikal, Guatemala (pic left) and Mexico are visited by millions of people each year interested in learning more about this disappeared culture.
The builders of the ancient Mayan temples at Tikal in Guatemala switched to inferior wood a few decades before they suddenly abandoned the city in the 9th century AD. The shift is the strongest evidence yet that Mayan civilisation collapsed because they ran out of resources, rather than, say, disease or warfare.Read the full story: Temple timbers trace collapse of Mayan culture
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