▶ Your Answer : In the reading passage, there is ample support for the author's claim that there are numerable evidences that indicate Amazon rain forests never had a big and advanced civilization.However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author's point. First, the professor contends that, inspite of the compact jungle, the satelite imageries demonstrate that there are ancient canals which can be an evidence of the possibility of communications between regions. This evidence shows that the vast, highly evolved society could have been formed. This casts doubt on the reading passage's claim that the development of a large civilization is hindered by the existence of dense jungle of the Amazon rainforest since it prevent them from communicating. Next, the professor insists that since a significant amount of beautiful ceremic vessels and funeral earns were found in the Marajo lsand, it can reveal the fact that there was a society with intricate technology. This counters the reading passage's assertion that artifacts of these areas are so simple and lack sophistications that advanced civilization would not have been existed. Finally, the professor argues that as Amazor rain forests are far-reached, many of the region are remain unexplored. This vast region is easy to be obscured by the dense jungle. Also, the professor mentioned the Ancorwat which was covered entirely by the jungle and was explored by the French expedition lately. This refutes the reading passage's suggestion that there was only scattered tribes in primitive settlements, so no large civilization might have been developed. |