Human etchings half a million years old?
The uncertainty of science: Did an ancestor of humanity etch zig-zags on a shell half a million years ago?
This story is a fascinating illustration of the difficulties of pinning down facts in the field of science. The researchers do an impeccable job of checking all possibilities, and finish by cheerfully admitting that their conclusions could be wrong. If right, however, the discovery is significant, as it tells us that 500,000 years ago an ancestor of the human race was capable of drawing an abstract design on the surface of a shell.
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The uncertainty of science: Did an ancestor of humanity etch zig-zags on a shell half a million years ago?
This story is a fascinating illustration of the difficulties of pinning down facts in the field of science. The researchers do an impeccable job of checking all possibilities, and finish by cheerfully admitting that their conclusions could be wrong. If right, however, the discovery is significant, as it tells us that 500,000 years ago an ancestor of the human race was capable of drawing an abstract design on the surface of a shell.
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My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
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For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
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Two more examples of how the history of man has to be further studied to be properly understood:
Globeki Tepi
http://youtu.be/eHG9URGDt6s
And the Indian city of Dwarka
http://youtu.be/nQZFS9Hij0M
Both established to be built aprox. 11.5 to 12 thousand years old. Globeki Tepi is an elaborate stone construction related to worship possibly representing the symbolic disconnecting / transition from hunter gatherer groups to agriculturally based societies / civilizations. Much older than the pyramids which in themselves are fantastic achievements with the technology of the day (how old are the pyramids really?). Built and then over time totally buried by hand, and the City of Dwarka on the coast of India now under 200 feet of water. So old that when the real deal melting of the ice sheets was in the process of increasing sea level by 300 feet. Possibly the real basis for Atlantis.
Human beings, potential unlimited.
Just goes to show the invitation to “come up and see my etchings” is an older line than anyone thought!