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I cannot understand people who say these times in history aren't interesting. Can you imagine what it would have been like? I am fascinated, some could say obsessed (lol) with the age of the dinosaurs. I always wonder what it would have been like. Forests of ferns and conifers, flood plains and a warm climate, teeming with huge creatures travelling and hunting. It is amazing to think about, don't you agree?
Also, to think about the world more recently. Imagine early humans in Africa millions of years ago and what it must have been like to survive. How did they live? What did they do day to day? How did they communicate with each other? How did they learn to hunt and forage etc?
Honestly, I find these days boring. I wish I had a time machine to go back in time and experience life in both periods in time. This planet is absolutely amazing! How every single person isn't interested in how life was like way before us confuses me. It is a wonderful subject.
You need to ask the mod to create a "Pre-history" sub-forum. And I agree with you, especially about early man.
Did you know that during the Eocene, the arctic was surrounded by redwood forests? There were redwoods even in Greenland and the Scandi Peninsula.
Ancient DNA is helping us to write the history of Homo Sapiens, everywhere, the societies in which they lived, what they ate, etc., tens of thousands years ago, and perhaps much longer. Pre-history is written in ancient DNA.
Ancient DNA is helping us to write the history of Homo Sapiens, everywhere, the societies in which they lived, what they ate, etc., tens of thousands years ago, and perhaps much longer. Pre-history is written in ancient DNA.
The DNA of every human significantly overlaps with the DNA of first people lived 180-250 thousands years ago. Thus scientists try to restore the DNA of the ancient people. There are scientific terms "Mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosomal Adam".
The DNA of every human significantly overlaps with the DNA of first people lived 180-250 thousands years ago. Thus scientists try to restore the DNA of the ancient people. There are scientific terms "Mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosomal Adam".
"People"? I was only talking about Homo Sapiens. who emerged between 200,000 - 300,000 years ago in Africa and who soon moved out of Africa, the latest evidence from Israel suggests, as early as 180,000 years ago, but we know relatively little about them until much later dates. I am far from an expert, though.
Beat me to it. Realize, OP, that the Dinosaur era went from about 230 million years ago, to about 60 million years ago. Man has been around (H. sapiens) about 200K years. So the dinosaur era was for a damn long time, a damn long time ago. People as we would recognize them have been around a much shorter period of time. Various sci-fi movies to the contrary, there was no overlap, not even close.
Interesting? Yes, of course. But, given that neither dinosaurs nor early man kept historical records, it's not really history.
I meant that I am very interested in both periods of time. However, I am interested in Australopithecus and the very early species in which we descended. Dinosaurs are just fascinating because it's difficult to believe they actually existed. The blue whale is the biggest animal living today and probably in history, but when you think about animals that side on land, walking about, it's incredible tbh.
"People"? I was only talking about Homo Sapiens. who emerged between 200,000 - 300,000 years ago in Africa and who soon moved out of Africa, the latest evidence from Israel suggests, as early as 180,000 years ago, but we know relatively little about them until much later dates. I am far from an expert, though.
What's the difference between "Homo Sapiens" and "people"? AFAIK, they are the same thing, unless you are using the term "people" more inclusively to include hominid ancestors of different species (e.g. Homo Erectus).
I think Dinosaurs were created just for marketing Jurassic park and merchandises. Just remember how they marketed 2012 movie. Many people even were close to believing it.
And finally Indians are good at documenting things from atom to astronomy , but there is no trace of anything about dinosaurs in their history.
Umm . . . yikes. Dinosaurs died in mass extinction(s) some 65 million years ago. Homo sapiens emerged about 250,000 years ago. Human civilization developed some 10-20,000 years ago.
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It's just a different facet of historical interest. Dinosaurs had no real influence on human history and we are still discovering new facts and varieties so it is still in the realm of discovery. There is a lot of uncertainty and controversy regarding early humans and the early migrations. It's all very interesting but there is some continuing debate in a rapidly changing field. We just learned a few years ago that we carry Neanderthal genetic material. That stunned a lot of people. There's plenty of recorded history to keep us busy while the experts sort out the prehistoric events and eras.
Well, Dinosaurs (and importantly the plants they lived among/ate) eventually became fuel sources with tremendous influence on human history
The last wooly mammoth was killed after the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Just saying.
Possibly quite a while after Giza, actually. Alaskan natives were familiar with what mammoths looked like when Europeans first encountered them, suggesting that the last of the mammoths were killed fairly recently on the historical timeline.
The last wooly mammoth was killed after the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Just saying.
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Possibly quite a while after Giza, actually. Alaskan natives were familiar with what mammoths looked like when Europeans first encountered them, suggesting that the last of the mammoths were killed fairly recently on the historical timeline.
Woolly mammoths, of course, are mammals, not dinosaurs.
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