As is increasingly speculated, humanity has had sophisticated societies for far longer than a few thousand years. Zero chance we just sprung up out of the dirt one day. Guaranteed the ice age destroyed huge swaths of technically primitive but socially advanced civilizations. Two issues with this hypothesis:
1. Over 10,000 years few artifacts can survive degradation
2. There are political motivations for controlling the narrative around evolution and the birth of civilization
1. Over 10,000 years few artifacts can survive degradation
2. There are political motivations for controlling the narrative around evolution and the birth of civilization