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10,000 years is quite a lot in human time. The pyramids were about 5,000 years ago and look how much has happened since. By comparison, we killed off the Dodo
by Swizec 2y ago
10,000 years is quite a lot in human time. The pyramids were about 5,000 years ago and look how much has happened since.
By comparison, we killed off the Dodo in, what, less than 10 years?
I think it’s fair to talk about 10,000 years as a long time. Sure it’s barely a blink in geologic time, but we’re talking about the human perspective here.
- Aloisius 2y agoThe Dodo lived on a tiny island and it was driven extinct largely by invasive species brought by humans. It took humans quite a bit longer to drive say, the tarpan, to extinction.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoAnatomically modern humans first descended around 200k ago. 10k is short.