Why did it take so long for civilization to begin? Modern humans

>>2318168

The real mystery is how did we ever stumble on something so unlikely in the first place.

Civilization was an economic choice.

Until the end of the Ice Age, it didn't make economic sense to spend all of your time in one place farming grains, when you could be following herds of migratory animals, keeping ahead of the weather and getting way more food.

When humans first started farming, they actually stopped for like a thousand years because of the Younger Dryas cold period temporarily bringing back Ice Age weather.

>>2318168
We only know about 6,500 year old stuff thanks to some goat hearders that begun putting marks on bricks.

>>2318168
The Great Flood basically wiped out most life on Earth. The elite evacuated earth to a solar system in Sirius while the survivors were left behind to restart civilisation

>>2318168
>Modern humans have existed for 100,000 years
More like 50,000 years, but the main reason was the Ice Age