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> The Yanomami tell us very l little about human life prior to the year zero, so extrapolating to 300k us a bridge too far.

Did you miss the fact that the same pattern was observed in multiple societies, by multiple researchers, in places as far as Australia and Papua New Ghinea?




Look at the time periods studied. They don't go back that far




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