Killerclown
Skilled Investigator
Hi all,
I have a few questions about something that has puzzled me for a long time but have never really had answered to my satisfaction:
From what I understand our historical knowledge only goes back as far as about 6000 BC - e.g. the Indus Valley Civilisation, Mesopotamia etc. Modern humans are supposed to have been around for at least 65000 years.
Do we know anything about the period from 63000 BC to 6000 BC ? My own personal feeling is that there is a high probability that much of the evidence from these periods may lie in areas that are covered by ocean and/or ice e.g. Antarctica.
Is anyone aware of any serious archeologists researching this area?
Is it not possible that many human civilisations at a level similar to our own could have risen up and fallen in that time? Even if they had completely obliterated themselves (e.g. by nuclear war or an equivalent technology) there would still be some evidence left wouldn't there?
Also I understand that the Indus Valley civilisation's pictographic language is as yet undeciphered. Is anyone still researching this?
I'd appreciate other people's opinions and thoughts on this.
AA.
I have a few questions about something that has puzzled me for a long time but have never really had answered to my satisfaction:
From what I understand our historical knowledge only goes back as far as about 6000 BC - e.g. the Indus Valley Civilisation, Mesopotamia etc. Modern humans are supposed to have been around for at least 65000 years.
Do we know anything about the period from 63000 BC to 6000 BC ? My own personal feeling is that there is a high probability that much of the evidence from these periods may lie in areas that are covered by ocean and/or ice e.g. Antarctica.
Is anyone aware of any serious archeologists researching this area?
Is it not possible that many human civilisations at a level similar to our own could have risen up and fallen in that time? Even if they had completely obliterated themselves (e.g. by nuclear war or an equivalent technology) there would still be some evidence left wouldn't there?
Also I understand that the Indus Valley civilisation's pictographic language is as yet undeciphered. Is anyone still researching this?
I'd appreciate other people's opinions and thoughts on this.
AA.