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goldfishpaws t1_j64c7bx wrote

Reply to comment by butterfingernails in Obsidian handaxe-making workshop from 1.2 million years ago discovered in Ethiopia by rmaccr

Experts suggest a long span around ~3000 years BC (sources, PBS, Wikipedia) but nobody knows for sure. Do you have anything to suggest they're older?

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butterfingernails t1_j64d0d9 wrote

Tons of podcasts and stuff from alternative history guys like Graham Hancock or Ben Van Kerkwyk. Of course nothing they've put out has been accepted as fact, it makes more sense that the Egyptians moved into a previous civilisations society, because the oldest pyramids in Egypt are the best built, and as they get younger, the quality and craftsmanship disappears. The last pyramids built in Egypt are sloppy mud bricks, while the oldest have precision cut blocks of quartz.

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AlphaLo t1_j65x02c wrote

The Graham Hancock who has never published a scientific article in his life? Get out of there with this pseudo-science bullshit.

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goldfishpaws t1_j64fghr wrote

I'm sure there were people in Egypt >5k years ago, just there's no accepted evidence/reason to believe the pyramids themselves are older! Same with Stonehenge.

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