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kazinator ◴[] No.40713419[source]
Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge around the Renaissance, with the invention of the printing press.

The farther back we go, the more we have to use tongue-in-cheek definitions of "rapidly".

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harrylove ◴[] No.40713527[source]
Imagine what they’ll say 600,000 years from now.

“Humans began to acquire knowledge around the time of Dacro and the Second Wormhole Leap. The farther back we go…”

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1. newzisforsukas ◴[] No.40713730[source]
Agents probably won't refer to all members of Homo as humans, I would imagine.