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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

History is about 10k years, the 200k years is mostly pre-history. People didn't write stuff down until they invented agriculture and needed to track trade between owners, workers, etc

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    True and interesting to note. OOP says 'dawn of humanity' though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as 'human history' is also valid.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'm used to the narrower meaning of "history", meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.

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