PatrickAplomb t1_ja47akz wrote
There’s been at most about 450-500 generations since the dawn of civilization
butchcranton t1_ja4ccio wrote
Anatomically modern humans are about 200k yrs old. About 20 years per generation --> ~10k generations.
PatrickAplomb t1_ja4cg8g wrote
That’s still not tens of thousands
butchcranton t1_ja4couj wrote
One ten(s) of thousands
PatrickAplomb t1_ja4ct2e wrote
That’s fair I guess
Agile_Coyote_6483 t1_ja4g8ve wrote
Yeah i remember working this out when i was trying to argue to someone that youre not that unrelated to most living things on this planet. Even a banana is basically a distant cousin if you think about it
butchcranton t1_ja4gi3l wrote
Yep. All of us living things are the great (xN) grandchildren of bacteria.
batsofburden OP t1_ja48m6n wrote
humans existed before civilization bro
PatrickAplomb t1_ja48u55 wrote
I guess it was a misunderstanding of human
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