Carbon dating is a lie! The earth is only six thousand years old! The internet isn’t in the bible so it must be the devils work! Repent ye sinners. I demand pancakes or you shall forever burn in the fiery depths of hell. The end is neigh!
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Oh, and for all you monkey people… two-hundred thousand years isn’t a bad estimate. At some point – perhaps one-hundred and fifty thousand years ago – the most recent evolutionary pieces fell into place. The human brain was finally equipped with its distinctive, first-ever ability to think symbolically and develop an evolving culture. Humans were liberated, in part, from Nature. And Nature was now at risk.
And@ oneye1: it’s not fact, simply a VERY educated guess. We are still figuring out the details, and unearthing more fossils everyday.