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I think specifying "recorded history" would remove the confusion. Human history could refer to the history of anatomically modern humans, including before farmi
by Noumenon72 6mo ago
I think specifying "recorded history" would remove the confusion. Human history could refer to the history of anatomically modern humans, including before farming.
- throwaway27448 6mo agoHistory is a bit of a confusing word that way; I suppose I can see it can be used in an informal sense to refer to any timeline outside of just historiography, which does tend to refer to a distinct study from archaeology and anthropology. Noted.
- satvikpendem 6mo agoYou used the word correctly don't worry. Seems like the initial replyer meant prehistory.
- satvikpendem 6mo agoHistory is recorded, that's the definition of the word. Prehistory is not recorded which is what the 500 kya to 10 kya refers to.
- Noumenon72 6mo agoThe wikipedia for "Recorded history"[1] draws the distinction this way: - Before writing: prehistory - After writing: recorded history - Both together: human history[2] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_history 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history