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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoHistory 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
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoTrue and interesting to note. OOP says ‘dawn of humanity’ though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as ‘human history’ is also valid.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, I’m used to the narrower meaning of “history”, meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoDefinitely a useful distinction.
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
True and interesting to note. OOP says ‘dawn of humanity’ though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as ‘human history’ is also valid.
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.
Definitely a useful distinction.