Archaeologists uncover an ancient 6,000-year-old civilization at the base of Mount Tai, offering new insights into early Chinese society.
  • SGGeorwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    17 days ago

    I thought they found some people who had been living behind the mountain for 6,000 years and nobody spotted them before.

    • Em AdespotonEnglish
      11·
      17 days ago

      Community living in isolation under a mountain for 6,000 years.

      I bet they’d be rather surprised at what humanity has become in the intervening years; I wonder how humans would adapt to an underground lifestyle in 6,000 years.

      • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        17 days ago

        They call themselves Belters and are uncannily tall and lanky and speak in kind of a Creole mash-up accent and language

        • Em AdespotonEnglish
          7·
          17 days ago

          Er, I suspect you’ve got that exactly backwards.

          They call themselves Dverger and are uncannily squat and heavily built and speak in a kind of German/Mongol mash-up accent and language.

          And carry picks and axes and wear helmets and beards.