• @psud@aussie.zone
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    247 months ago

    History is about 10k years, the 200k years is mostly pre-history. People didn’t write stuff down until they invented agriculture and needed to track trade between owners, workers, etc

    • PointAndClique [they/them]
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      7 months ago

      True and interesting to note. OOP says ‘dawn of humanity’ though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as ‘human history’ is also valid.

      • @psud@aussie.zone
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        107 months ago

        Yeah, I’m used to the narrower meaning of “history”, meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.

        • lad
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          17 months ago

          Well, in this case it must have been recorded on video, so could as well start recording before inventing the writing