Europe's now-drowned 'lost world' and the 25m-high tsunami that finished it off

Re:Europe's now-drowned 'lost world' and the 25m-high tsunam... by dgellow on Monday April 18, 2022 @01:53PM (#31074130)

> This idea that humanity sprang up out of nothing in Sumerian/Babylon is very contrived.

I don't think anyone believe that's the case? It's just what we have records for. You need a lot of prior development to arrive to the point where you have recorded history.

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Re:Europe's now-drowned 'lost world' and the 25m-high tsunam... by jazzyjackson on Monday April 18, 2022 @01:59PM (#31074214)

Eh, maybe no one who's thought critically about it, but past the "earth is 6,000 years old" crowd I think you'll find a "cilization is 10,000 years old, before which we were hunter gatherers" crowd

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Re:Europe's now-drowned 'lost world' and the 25m-high tsunam... by bitxbitxbitcoin on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:06PM (#31074300)

I think most people are just repeating what they learned as children and haven't given it much more thought. So the answer is usually some combination of religious influences, when you were schooled, and what textbook your teacher was using.

In 2008, this is what a certain group in Hollywood thought 10,000 B.C. was like... anachronisms and all.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_BC_(film)

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