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Annalee Newitz 🍜
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/
Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz

New Scientist
Jan 18, 2025 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadJM MD PhDJan 18, 2025
@annaleen @newscientist I took a break from reading terraformers and this popped up. If mastodon is spying on me I'm flattered.
Show threadCellularMooseJan 18, 2025
@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.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Jan 19, 2025
@cellularmoose @newscientist Yes! We want to believe that we are so much more advanced and future-focused than our ancestors, but ... nope
Show threadSpaceLifeFormJan 18, 2025

@annaleen @newscientist

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

#History #Erosion #Geology

Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Jan 19, 2025
@SpaceLifeForm @newscientist ❤️
Show threadArtemisJan 19, 2025
@annaleen @newscientist makes sense since there are oral traditions that go back at least that long
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Jan 19, 2025
@Artemis201 @newscientist That's what the article is about!
Show threadWarren SendersJan 20, 2025

@annaleen

My bumper sticker:

Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Jan 21, 2025
@WarrenSenders Love it!