Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought
by perl4ever on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:37PM
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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?
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Re:Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought
by greglindahl on Saturday August 31, 2019 @04:29AM
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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
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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.