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Although the people who settled in Mesopotamia are often credited as the first civilization, new research shows that Aboriginal Australians are one of the oldest known civilizations on Earth.
The Aborigines can trace their ancestries back to about 75,000 years ago, but became a distinct genetic group around 50,000 years ago.
It is believed that this ancient group of Aboriginal Australians first settled in Australia between 40,000 – 31,000 years ago. They are the direct ancestors of today’s remaining Aboriginal tribes and their culture has largely remained the same.
The San People of Southern Africa trace their history directly to ancient peoples who lived around 140,000 to 100,000 years ago. In fact, the San are the direct descendants of one of the original ancestral human groups (haplogroup), making the San the oldest civilization in the world.
In the past, the San were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, but today many San work as farm laborers, run nature conservancies, and other various small jobs as hunting and gathering alone is no longer sustainable.
Recent archaeological finds have uncovered the oldest known ritual ceremonies, which have been been attributed to the San.
Archaeologists discovered 70,000-year old spearheads in a cave in the Tsodilo Hills of Botswana that were sacrificed to the python. The Tsodilo Hills are also notable for being the site of the world’s largest concentration of rock paintings. This art was also made by ancient San people.
originally posted by: JohnTChance
As a Christian, if it’s really the truth you seek I suggest praying to God for those answers. Nothing anyone on the internet says can help you with that.
originally posted by: JohnTChance
a reply to: FlyersFan
As a Christian, if it’s really the truth you seek I suggest praying to God for those answers. Nothing anyone on the internet says can help you with that. And no that’s not a cop out. It’s essential to the Christian faith.
originally posted by: JohnTChance
a reply to: quintessentone
All I will say is ask different questions with not only an open mind but an open heart. Every person’s journey to salvation is different.
omnipotent deities would not go around doing such a thing to their chosen creation.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
a reply to: cooperton
Debunked.
originally posted by: cooperton
You know most of the others admitted there is water beneath the crust right?
You're showing your lack of objectivity.
By around 1700 BCE the culture had morphed with other regional cultures into a wider Chinese Bronze Age culture.
Throughout this period, the population shifted from isolated and scattered small villages to larger settlements, and agriculture became more widespread in the valleys. .... Between 2600 and 2000 BCE, there was a period of expansion for many communities that sought to increase their territories. ... Some of the larger towns boasted populations of up to 40,000 people living within their fortified walls. With the emergence of subsequent cultures and growing populations, these walls were expanded, ...
The typical multiphase solid–fluid inclusions in (location) are considered as supercritical fluid or its remnants.
Inclusions with more than one different daughter mineral phases, plus water and vapor bubble. In this case, two or more different dissolved compounds are precipitated from the trapped fluid inside the inclusion cavity.
Two immiscible liquids, plus solid phase and gas bubble. For example, in many inclusions containing water and petroleum, also solid carbon hydrates can be observed (bitumen particles), floating in the water, in addition to the gas bubble.
The size of the population has been estimated as having risen from 1 to 1.5 million in the 3rd millennium BCE to perhaps twice that number in the late 2nd millennium and 1st millennium BCE.
2500 BC (Late Old Kingdom) - Increase in cultivable land in the Delta (to about 9,000 sq. km, or 3,475 sq. miles) and continued increase in population density in all areas.
Total population of Egypt = c. 1.6 million
1800 BC (height of the Middle Kingdom) - Agricultural efforts by Middle Kingdom kings significantly increased the amount of cultivable land and density of occupation in the Faiyum and in the Delta, together with a slight rise in population density in all areas.
Total population of Egypt = c. 2 million.