Adrian wrote:
I thought it was a lot longer for sentience
maybe more than a million years ?
How old is Orduvai Gorge hominids -
suppose you ask what are the signs of thought - decoration - collection
of objects such as fossils -
burial rites.
Civilization - this one about 10,000 years -
Mogg
> I'm not an academic in ancient history but has a thirst to understand
> the time scales of existence of sentient humans and the age of human
> civilisation. What bids do we have to how far back we can stretch
> human existence? Can we support perhaps 100,000 years?
>
> I'd be interested in the thoughts from the list to support or refute
> such a timescale; indeed do any bids exceed 100,000 years of conscious
> mankind?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Adrian
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