ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agoGarter snakes coming out of hibernation and into a tens of thousands strong mating ball in southern Manitoba, Canadalemmy.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down15
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minus-squareGutek8134@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoIIRC history started with the invention of written word, somewhere around 6000 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_history Cave art existed for at least 40000 years https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/ten-oldest-known-cave-paintings-in-the-world
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI would say, that drawings also count as history. They show glimpses how how life has been 10.000 and more years ago.
IIRC history started with the invention of written word, somewhere around 6000 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_history
Cave art existed for at least 40000 years
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/ten-oldest-known-cave-paintings-in-the-world
I would say, that drawings also count as history. They show glimpses how how life has been 10.000 and more years ago.