Comment by cmroanirgo

Aboriginal Australians have been documented from 50,000-60,000 [0]

[0] https://theconversation.com/when-did-aboriginal-people-first...

When you begin to look into their stories (dreamtime) and the way they've always lived and more importantly, the way they have passed down information generation to generation, it's utterly remarkable. Yet this 10,000 value would belittle that rich living history imho.

Admittedly 10,000 years ago is roughly the Younger Dryas era, so yes, most history has been lost since before that time, but it does exist nevertheless.