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https://greekreporter.com/2025/05/09/earliest-evidence-human-presence-sicily/

Scientists excavating a cave in northeastern Sicily have
uncovered the earliest known signs of human presence on
the island, dating back roughly 16,500 years. The discovery
offers insight into how and when modern humans first settled
in this part of the Mediterranean.

The research in San Teodoro cave near the town of Acquedolci
in the Messina region revealed stone tools, animal bones,
and charred wood – clear evidence that the site was once
inhabited by hunter-gatherers shortly after the last ice age.

. . .

I'm going to SUSPECT there's much more ... "humans" as
we know them date back at least 250,000 years (some
99.9% humans found in Morocco ... had one or two kinda
Neanderthal hints, 300,000 years).

SO ... what the hell was everybody DOING for 300,000
years ? Just sitting in the dirt jerking off ???

IMHO, there were probably multiple civs during all
that time. Not so 'tech', but civs nevertheless.
MOST, for practical reasons, would have been where
rivers met the sea. Ice-age disruptions would have
TRASHED the evidence.

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