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   Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 13:21:57 JST Abolisyonista

   Learning about the Dorset culture. What do you mean that a whole culture just vanishes from the archaeological and genetic record with no one knowing what happened to them?? What do you mean their mitochondrial DNA has no modern descendants?? 😭 How does a whole culture just vanish from the face of the earth

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_culture

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     Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 15:16:35 JST Abolisyonista

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     @ch0ccyra1n Terrifying to consider.

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     ch0ccyra1n (ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 15:16:36 JST ch0ccyra1n

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     @abolisyonista that's how many ancient societies go. The ones we know more about are the lucky ones.

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     Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 15:58:29 JST Abolisyonista

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     @pkw @ch0ccyra1n How would that work, mechanically? I thought melting glaciers are revealing preserved archaeological sites rather than wiping them clean.

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     Paul SomeoneElse (pkw@snac.d34d.net)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 15:58:31 JST Paul SomeoneElse

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     • ch0ccyra1n
     There's this notion (maybe conspiracy) that there could be older civilizations but we
     only see ones that would not have been scoured clean by glaciers.
     (so valleys and some coastal areas)
     
     
     
     CC: @ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org