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I really don’t understand what’s so batshit about the claim that anatomically modern human with similar brains as modern humans could have built up civilization
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
I really don’t understand what’s so batshit about the claim that anatomically modern human with similar brains as modern humans could have built up civilizations and structures a few thousand years before the currently accepted dates.
- cpleppert 4y agoBecause it essentially requires everything known about the recent past to be wrong. Human societies and civilizations are incredibly complex and don't just pop out of nowhere and then disappear without a trace. We have an overwhelming amount of evidence on the human development from genetics to radio-carbon dating, to deciphered languages to the spread of technological innovations. It is as nonsensical as claiming that the latest Ryzen is really from the 1990s. Of course, this guys 'theory' is not based on actual evidence; so there is no reason to even take it seriously.
- zozbot234 4y ago> Human societies and civilizations are incredibly complex and don't just pop out of nowhere and then disappear without a trace. But they absolutely do. "Traces" of ancient societies are incredibly sparse, very little other than stone can survive for thousands of years. And what we call "civilization" rests on resource availability; when people only have enough resources for bare subsistence, social collapse is inevitable.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoThe disappear without a trace part is entirely possible if you assume they were largely centered around areas that are now underwater or covered under earth.