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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 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So it's more like 99.9%?

[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Worse still, how much of recorded history was subsequently lost?

Everything from the Library of Alexandria to lost episodes of Doctor Who. So much of what little WAS recorded is also gone.