Posted by Dave Bonta
The rubber tree has played an important role in modern industrial society, but its influence on human history stretches back 3600 years, as a fascinating post at the Lower Dover Field Journal makes clear.
Posted in History, Species portraits
Tags: Belize, Central America, Mayans, rubber tree
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