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Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought by perl4ever on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:37PM (#20844484)
Yeah, but the article seems to be about 3,000 years ago. I am not shocked that there were relatively advanced civilizations in 1,000 BC - when did we think otherwise?
Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought by greglindahl on Saturday August 31, 2019 @04:29AM (#20845217)
There's a difference between "relatively advanced civilizations" and "civilizations that significantly altered the Earth".
Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought by perl4ever on Saturday August 31, 2019 @08:36PM (#20849754)
You could argue that, but I would be inclined to question how advanced a civilization was that didn't prosper enough to alter the environment. A civilization that is "advanced" should be fairly good at logistics, and that leads to a large population, which leads to a large environmental impact.

How in tune with nature or whatever people in a society are on an individual basis wouldn't affect the total impact if whatever they are doing works well enough that everything keeps growing. I'm kind of thinking of Jevon's paradox.

Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought by tkdc926 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:01AM (#20846658)
The Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed about 4,500 years ago.
Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought by perl4ever on Saturday August 31, 2019 @08:42PM (#20849777)
I was thinking more of China.