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Anthropology

Victor_c3

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3. This seems to be a general trend I've noticed in modern archaeology

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 06:41 AM

Oct 2013

We are discovering that our ancient people were more advanced than we previously thought. Each discovery seems to show that they were writing, practicing religion, crossing the oceans, etc sometimes many thousands of years before our conventional understanding says.

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Prehistorc tablet calls into question history of writing [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 OP

link wouldn't work for me, BootinUp Oct 2013 #1

fixed thanks Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #2

This seems to be a general trend I've noticed in modern archaeology Victor_c3 Oct 2013 #3

Hoping to see more on this. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2013 #4