Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete the reframing of the "revolution."
Our anatomy is roughly ______ years old, but the "explosion" is dated ~40,000 years ago in ______ — so what looks like a sudden switch may be a sampling ______ produced by caves and excavators.
Word bank: 300,000 · Europe · artefact · 40,000 · Africa
Hints
- The record is loudest where the caves and the archaeologists are.
- A revolution coinciding with a change of continent deserves suspicion.
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Our anatomy is roughly 300,000 years old, but the "explosion" is dated ~40,000 years ago in Europe — so what looks like a sudden switch may be a sampling artefact produced by caves and excavators.
Why
The record is loudest where the limestone and the archaeologists are. Any "revolution" that coincides suspiciously with a change of continent deserves a second look.
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