• lugal@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    It happens in all kind of scientific fields that things that feel logical and common sense, are taken for granted. I think SciShow made a video about it but I can’t find it right now.

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      8 months ago

      We’re talking about anthropology/history here. People spend their entire careers researching things like this and publishing papers on it.

      To make a claim like this requires evidence. Historical records would exist that some person at some point gathered together and published a peer reviewed article on.

      If no sources or peer reviewed articles exist on the topic other than a few blog posts, then it’s extremely likely it’s a pile of horse shit.