Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 18, 2019 18:55:58 GMT -5
What are Prehistoric Animals?
Prehistory refers to a period before human history had been recorded. Animals that live during that time are considered prehistoric. Animals that have gone extinct during the time that mankind was recording historical events, such as the Dodo, the Tasmanian Tiger, the Emu, the Auroch, Passenger Pigeon, Steller's Cow, Elephant Bird, are not prehistoric. However, all dinosaurs are considered prehistoric since it is held that none existed during human presence.
This, of course, has been disputed based on what appear to be human footprints within imprints of dinosaur ones and based on soft tissue discovered in dinosaur fossils which seems to go contrary to what is considered to be the fossils age of millions of years. However, for the sake of facilitating organization, that's how they are considered on this thread. The following excerpt sheds more light on the meaning of the term prehistoric.
The date marking the end of prehistory is typically defined as the advent of the contemporary written historical record. The date consequently varies widely from region to region depending on the date when relevant records become a useful academic resource.
For example, in Egypt it is generally accepted that prehistory ended around 3200 BCE, whereas in New Guinea the end of the prehistoric era is set much more recently, at around 1900 common era. In Europe the relatively well-documented classical cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome had neighboring cultures, including the Celts and to a lesser extent the Etruscans, with little or no writing, and historians must decide how much weight to give to the often highly prejudiced accounts of these "prehistoric" cultures in Greek and Roman literature.
Prehistory refers to a period before human history had been recorded. Animals that live during that time are considered prehistoric. Animals that have gone extinct during the time that mankind was recording historical events, such as the Dodo, the Tasmanian Tiger, the Emu, the Auroch, Passenger Pigeon, Steller's Cow, Elephant Bird, are not prehistoric. However, all dinosaurs are considered prehistoric since it is held that none existed during human presence.
This, of course, has been disputed based on what appear to be human footprints within imprints of dinosaur ones and based on soft tissue discovered in dinosaur fossils which seems to go contrary to what is considered to be the fossils age of millions of years. However, for the sake of facilitating organization, that's how they are considered on this thread. The following excerpt sheds more light on the meaning of the term prehistoric.
Definition
The term "prehistory" can refer to the vast span of time since the beginning of the Universe or the Earth, but more often it refers to the period since life appeared on Earth, or even more specifically to the time since human-like beings appeared.
End
The date marking the end of prehistory is typically defined as the advent of the contemporary written historical record. The date consequently varies widely from region to region depending on the date when relevant records become a useful academic resource.
For example, in Egypt it is generally accepted that prehistory ended around 3200 BCE, whereas in New Guinea the end of the prehistoric era is set much more recently, at around 1900 common era. In Europe the relatively well-documented classical cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome had neighboring cultures, including the Celts and to a lesser extent the Etruscans, with little or no writing, and historians must decide how much weight to give to the often highly prejudiced accounts of these "prehistoric" cultures in Greek and Roman literature.