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The Danish palaeontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund discovered a cave filled with human bones (15 skeletons) and Megafauna (very large mammals) dating to the Pleistocene era.

Eugen Warming assisted Lund 1863-1866, and described the flora of the area and the adaptations of the plants to the hazards of Cerrado - drought and fire - in a work that still stands as a paradigm of ecological study ('Lagoa Santa') .


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Charles C. Mann, ''1491'', Random House, 2005.