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Context: While the 90% figure is made-up, the premise is true in that most of human history has gone unrecorded. History is considered to have begun with the start of proto-writing (earliest being the Jiahu symbols in China circa 6600 BCE) to writing (3200 BCE), and thus the advent of recorded history.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Realistically, yeah most likely. Our species has been around for so long, and so little was ever recorded down.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

life stories of people like you and me will never be told

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 minutes ago

you're telling it right now