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Re:A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading by elzbardico on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:18AM (#48659319)
Do you live in the American continent? Look at the skin tone of most people you find in the streets. Go to a library and try to find out what was the average skin tone in your region 600 years ago. Compare both.

Thinks have been spreading for quite a while. Migratory species are older than ourselves. Jet stream can carry spores over oceans. World commerce is older than you think. Wars and migratory movements has always been a part of our civilization.

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Re:A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading by everdrive on Thursday June 25, 2026 @09:57AM (#48673515)
>World commerce is older than you think.

I'm aware that trade networks long precede recorded history, and potentially precede fully-modern humans. The fact that you can have homsapien admixture (eg: homo sapiens + denisovans) far, far outside of Africa is proof enough for that.

The time scales did use to be different, and speeding things up as much as possible does not seem to be a good thing.

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