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I'm know if I'm wrong about definitions or the title is misleading but this is talking about the definition "modern humans" in the sense I was expecting: neolit
by netcan 14y ago
I'm know if I'm wrong about definitions or the title is misleading but this is talking about the definition "modern humans" in the sense I was expecting: neolithic culture (agriculture, pottery, permanent settlements, megalithic relics, large groups).
Rather this is evidence for what I've heard called "behaviorally modern humans." They know about behavioral modernity in other places (including Africa) during this period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_modernity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_modernity
Still fascinating, but don't expect 40 thousand year old pyramids.
- sanxiyn 14y agoSince some cultures are still hunter-gatherers and did not adopt agriculture, it would be strange to interpret culture as agriculture. Also, megalithic relics predate agriculture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobekli_Tepe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobekli_Tepe
- netcan 14y agoI meant "modern culture" and sure, all the elements of modern culture do not necessarily coincide. Göbekli Tepe is still a mystery. It might be easier to push back the date for the neolithic revolution than explain how/why hunter-gatherers built such big structures and how they were sustained in the necessary numbers to do so. Either the dating is wrong, the neolithic started earlier or our understanding of paleolithic cultures is flawed enough to make us rethink the paleolithic-neolithic classification altogether (maybe agriculture ins't such a key component). Semantics aside, the discovery mentioned in the article basically finds evidence of human behaviors known to have existed during that period elsewhere in the world.
- thornofmight 14y agoWhy has only 5% of this been uncovered?