• @portuga
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    147 hours ago

    People think humanity is so much more evolved now but it has been actually the same shit from thousands ago or whenever recorded history goes back.

    Also: portuga was here

    • @[email protected]
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      13 minutes ago

      Millions of years, likely. The whole reason we’re successful is because our pre-human ancestors were empathetic and cooperative enough to build societies.

      We see those same traits in many other primates, and they’re not something it makes sense to evolve, lose, and evolve again. Those traits predate us.

      Language almost certainly predates us, since we see it not only in other primates, but in non-primate species, too. And based on the humour we see in many animals, you can bet we were making dick jokes nearly out of the gate.

    • tiredofsametab
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      55 hours ago

      Always has been. This is where the whole “Dark Ages” idea comes from, IIRC: people further on in time wanting to separate themselves as special and more advanced.

      • @portuga
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        65 hours ago

        We’ve evolved technologically, not psychologically