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I mean who had what bright idea 12K years ago or whenever, and what was it?  Dan 103: Funny you should mention it.  I’m reading a couple books that speak to that very question.  Sapiens: A Brief History of Huma […]

Hi Dan #103 Hey how come if anatomically modern humans have existed for over 100K years ago, no civilization was developed during previous interglacial periods? Second, what caused the spark to catch during this […]

Dan #103, Hi Dan, It’s here, Wiki, Cradle of Civilisation A suite of conditions must obtain for settled civilisation to take off. Jared Diamond’s classic, ‘Guns, Germs And Steel’ explains why some could settle […]

Dan  #103   Hello, Dan. Welcome to the site (if you are new here).   After the end of the last ice-age about twelve thousand years ago, some hunter-gatherer groups transitioned from their nomadic way of life to a […]

Zeuglodon Beta #104, An absorbing and comprehensive response Zeug. On the last point, I think multiculturalism is where it’s at. America has ever been a ‘melting pot.’ Recall that cool pop song from about […]

Dan, at #103:   Hey how come if anatomically modern humans have existed for over 100K years ago, no civilization was developed during previous interglacial periods? Second, what caused the spark to catch during […]

Strato, at #102:   In #95, I  mentioned fiercely muslim Ramzan Kadyrov, as he avers there are no homosexuals in Chechnya.   Who?   Well, I had a “charming” few minutes looking up the name on Wikipedia, and yep, […]

Hey how come if anatomically modern humans have existed for over 100K years ago, no civilization was developed during previous interglacial periods? Second, what caused the spark to catch during this warm time for […]

In #95, I  mentioned fiercely muslim Ramzan Kadyrov, as he avers there are no homosexuals in Chechnya. And so he boasts he runs a pure state. There are no gay men, there, it’s true, or actively homosexual. B […]

As a followup from my memetic speculations in the prior comment (which hopefully will pass the mods’ standards), I suppose in broad strokes, and as an openly analogous copy-paste of the biological concepts of […]