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Written by Annalee Newitz 🍜 on 2025-01-18 at 19:26

We desperately need a new way to think about the future. But first, we must journey 12,000 years into the past, to discover where our idea of "the future" comes from. In my latest for @newscientist, I take you there. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435250-100-ancient-humans-understood-the-future-and-the-past-pretty-much-as-we-do/

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Descendants

Written by CellularMoose on 2025-01-18 at 21:53

@annaleen @newscientist This article makes me think of "The Future of Another Timeline" In particular the time machines and how their custodians repeat the same procedure throughout millennias, just with more modern tech.

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Written by Annalee Newitz 🍜 on 2025-01-19 at 01:13

@cellularmoose @newscientist Yes! We want to believe that we are so much more advanced and future-focused than our ancestors, but ... nope

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Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-01-18 at 22:08

@annaleen @newscientist

They knew that Caves were a good place to record History.

[#]History #Erosion #Geology

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Written by Annalee Newitz 🍜 on 2025-01-19 at 01:12

@SpaceLifeForm @newscientist ❤️

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Written by Dr. Artemis Ph.D. on 2025-01-19 at 00:51

@annaleen @newscientist makes sense since there are oral traditions that go back at least that long

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Written by Annalee Newitz 🍜 on 2025-01-19 at 01:11

@Artemis201 @newscientist That's what the article is about!

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Written by Warren Senders on 2025-01-20 at 15:18

@annaleen

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Written by Annalee Newitz 🍜 on 2025-01-21 at 02:29

@WarrenSenders Love it!

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