• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    before all known human history

    Wrong. Earlier than written history (because writing was not invented then), but civilization is older.

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      2 months ago

      History as an academic term usually goes hand in hand with writing, not civilization. When I write, I refer to earlier periods as “prehistoric.” This is because historians primarily use written text and similar as their subject of study.