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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

my answer is "mesopotamian" because I like their goofy little sculptures
archeology is cool, humans are just little goblins that really like to live on hills for some reason

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Them dudes is wild though! They achieved so many recorded firsts and shaped so much of our culture that we often don't even recognize how huge they were!

I still yearn for the day we can move to a sexagesimal nubering system.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

When you can dig cave homes on the hills, like in the case of Petra and early people in current day Turkey, growing a beard becomes mandatory. 🪨 ⛏