Please watch: Bad-A** Women of History: Margaret Hamilton, Mary Anning, and Sappho \r<br>→ \r<br>-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-\r<br>\r<br>Archaeologists are finding that the Americas before Columbus were very different than we initially believed. New discoveries in a wide variety of fields are finding that long standing concepts of the pre-Colombian world are very different from what we thought. So what has changed?\r<br>\r<br>This video is based on Charles C Manns 1491. For a more in depth discussion of the things I mention in this whirlwind of a video, I suggest giving it a read!\r<br>\r<br>Step Back is a history channel releasing videos biweekly that endeavors to go past the names, dates, and battles you might find elsewhere. It invites you to take a step back, consider the past and how it connects to today. We search for the quirky, unconventional, and just plain weird parts of our collective story.\r<br>\r<br>SUBSCRIBE and join us!\r<br>\r<br>Help out the future of the channel by taking a 2 minute survey over at:\r<br>\r<br>Keep up to date with our e-mail updates:\r<br>\r<br>More stuff at: \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Connect with Step Back:\r<br>Facebook: \r<br>Twitter: \r<br>Sub-Reddit: \r<br>\r<br>Photo Credits:\r<br>Wolfgang Sauber\r<br>Ish ishwar\r<br>Heironymous Rowe\r<br>Bill Whittaker\r<br>Alex Proimos\r<br>Chris 73\r<br>Jeffrey Reed\r<br>Maksim\r<br>Tiago Fioreze\r<br>Theschmallfella\r<br>Zero Gravity\r<br>Halibutt\r<br>Tony Hisgett\r<br>Gage Skidmore\r<br>UMBC Student Events Board\r<br>John Doebley\r<br>Asbestos\r<br>Heraldry\r<br>Luidger\r<br>Rich Niewiroski Jr.\r<br>Snežana Trifunović\r<br>Tony Hisgett\r<br>Jan Harenburg\r<br>Thomas Quine\r<br>Abri le Roux\r<br>Sander van der Wel\r<br>Valène Aure\r<br>Downtowngal\r<br>Neil Palmer\r<br>\r<br>Heliograph by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (\r<br>Source: \r<br>Artist:
