#164 - Strange Ancient Discoveries are Being Made in the Amazon Rainforest | Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, and “real-life Tarzan.” For much of the past 17 years, Paul has lived deep in the Amazon rainforest protecting endangered species and trees from poachers, loggers, and the foreign nations funding them.  

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Outline

0:00 - Introduction 

0:52 - Moving to the Amazon rainforest 

3:00 - How the jungles changes you 

7:10 - Snakes 

20:23 - Getting eaten by an Anaconda 

32:53 - Why the Amazon jungle is dying 

46:08 - Economics of the rainforest 

55:24 - Rogue gold mining operations 

59:26 - Piranha 

1:06:30 - Uncontacted tribes 

1:27:07 - How the Amazon river was formed 

1:34:53 - Ancient civilizations 

1:44:17 - Pyramids in the Amazon 

1:49:44 - Hunter / gatherer chemistry 

2:00:37 - Violence & murder 

2:13:55 - Human nature & desperation 

2:17:06 - Hopeful future 

2:23:54 - Cocaine manufacturing