💯 correct Sapphi. Huge issues with statements around western time being in sone way more advanced or scientific. I was an academic in Archaeology for many years and the both political and Political influences in western teaching of history and prehistory cannot be overstated. North Americans to this day refute the antiquity of Mesoamerican occupation and it's not based on science at all. Europeans have only recently admitted that Homo sapiens sapiens interbred with Neanderthals. They were forced to be genetic advances identifying Neanserthal genes in modern populations. But prior to that man, you would not believe the ferocity with which they condemned the idea that a modern man might interbreed with a Neanderthal. That it was even possible between species. Its all just politics and points scoring for power and control. And its sickening tbh
👏Nothing is trivial if in a reference source people think they can trust... It allows bad actors to use incorrect "facts" with plausible deniability if a "reputable source" says it, not that I think Seymour et al are interested in anything as deep as the origins of time keeping - more interested in $$$. But absolutely errors should be corrected & hope they do so.
💯 correct Sapphi. Huge issues with statements around western time being in sone way more advanced or scientific. I was an academic in Archaeology for many years and the both political and Political influences in western teaching of history and prehistory cannot be overstated. North Americans to this day refute the antiquity of Mesoamerican occupation and it's not based on science at all. Europeans have only recently admitted that Homo sapiens sapiens interbred with Neanderthals. They were forced to be genetic advances identifying Neanserthal genes in modern populations. But prior to that man, you would not believe the ferocity with which they condemned the idea that a modern man might interbreed with a Neanderthal. That it was even possible between species. Its all just politics and points scoring for power and control. And its sickening tbh
👏Nothing is trivial if in a reference source people think they can trust... It allows bad actors to use incorrect "facts" with plausible deniability if a "reputable source" says it, not that I think Seymour et al are interested in anything as deep as the origins of time keeping - more interested in $$$. But absolutely errors should be corrected & hope they do so.