Comment by MomsAVoxell
4 hours ago
Go far enough East at the right time of history and you arrive at Narwala Gabarnmang, Sahul and Sundaland. (Not too far from ancient China, incidentally... walking distance, even...)
Anyway, until the work has been done, it is of course speculation - but I do personally believe that the civilization which occupied and cultivated the Australian continent for 80,000 years deserves at least a bit of interest from European guardians of civilization…
Sorry to ask, but why shouldn’t the Chinese or Indians be interested in that question as well? This doesn’t have to rest on what Europeans think. Why not what the Chinese or Indians think?
Anthropologically those human populations are generally considered “cultures” unless they have the milestones of civilizations.
If, as has been speculated, Narwala Gabarnmang is the original T-shaped pillar school of agriculture, which was then transmitted to the Tepe cultures and beyond, then of course it is of immense interest to everyone, not just Europeans and Chinese. If this transmission has occurred - then I think that is evidence of civilization, indeed. Just because we cannot properly read the Narwala Gabarnmang materials and the similarities with the Tepe cultural works, does not yield a final conclusion.
But this line of research has been thwarted by the closure of Gobekli Tepe and a discontinuation of the work to make the link.
I would hope the Chinese or Indians would pick up this line of research - however, I feel its pretty obvious that admitting to Narwala Gabarnmangs’ role in human development would require a humility even the Chinese are incapable of, let alone Europeans. Narwala Gabarnmang and the Tepe sites are both older than all of us. The link between the two is highly fascinating but postulating the connection does require a cultural hygiene which, in the modern zeitgeist, is distinctly difficult to maintain...