We Know A Lot About Pre-History

Elle Beau
Elle Beau
Nov 2 · 4 min read

Millions of things, in fact, so that’s not a good rebuttal to scholarly assertions

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Somebody said to me today, “Well, we don’t really know what was happening 12,000 years ago.” I write about pre-history a lot, and this is a comment that comes up All. Of. The. Time! Usually right after I’ve quoted a noted anthropologist or scholar. It seems to be imagined as an air-tight rebuttal, but it’s quite silly really…

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