Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
There's nothing solidly factual to begin with. Most of the estimated dating is debateable. Example: The Clovis people are believed to have lived
closer to 9,000 years ago, not 11,000 (according to a web article I can't remember specifically). To be able to scientifically group millennia into
clear eras of creation, salvation and destruction would be the biggest breakthrough of all time, but would require a lot more than fuzzy enough,
quasi-religious interpretations.
Does it really matter? Sure things like that are interesting, but it doesn't mean much of anything. 11,000 years ago, 50,000 years ago, when it
comes to actual understanding and wisdom, these kinds of things don't change anything.
In the end, all history is a story and nothing but a story. Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it. But it has nothing to do
with knowing what country did this or who did what. The lessons of history are the same lessons of any story, there is a moral behind it. And that
is what is important to know about history, and if people focus on this "fact" or these people etc, then they are missing the entire point.