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11,000-Year-Old Temple Found In Turkey

Posted by samzenpus on from the chicken-or-the-egg dept.

Ralph Spoilsport writes "In Southeast Turkey, the archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has discovered an 11,000-year-old temple. Established civilization theory suggests that agriculture created cities, and cities created monuments. This discovery suggests just the opposite — people got together to build a huge monument to their religion, and in order to sustain it, communities were formed and agriculture (already in development) quickly followed on to sustain the population. Truly a startling find with significant implications."

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  1. I read that wrong, and I have to admit... by Digitus1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...turkey found in 11,000-year-old temple sounds much more delicious.

  2. Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bible says the earth is 6000 years old so it CANT be 11,000 years old! Simple math people!

    1. Re:Problem by ColaMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      in the beginning God creates the heavens and earth, then at some point later he says let their be light

      That's why I find God to be so amazing. He made all this, IN THE DARK! I would have been, "Oh, sod this, let there be a small star or something, so I can see what I'm doing here."

      Actually, that explains why some things are a bit fucked up. Wave/Particle duality? Yeah, look, God couldn't see exactly what He was doing there when that bit came together, so no wonder. Duck-billed mamallian egg-laying Platypuses? Vestigial tails on humans? Same deal. With Him working blind, consider yourself lucky you don't have an anus right next to your nose.

      (Well, *some* people do sometimes, but that's a matter of lifestyle preference.)

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  3. well yeah by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    when i play the aztecs, i can usually get my obelisk built before my starting worker even finishes his first few roads, nevermind that i haven't even discovered agriculture yet. of course, this is because the aztecs have mysticism as a starting tech, and assumes i'm not cranking out warriors to combat barbarian threats so...

    wait, we're talking reality?

    sorry

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  4. Obligatory joke by Amiralul · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Germans found some cooper wires deep in the ground near Berlin and concluded that their ancestors used electricity way before anyone else, circa 1,000 years ago. Later on, the British found near London some glass way deeper than previous German team and concluded than optical cable was used on British 2,000 years ago. Turkish people kept digging and digging and found nothing. They concluded that their ancestors from 11,000 years ago have used wireless.