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"Ubaid/Uruk did not possess the blue ocean technology to reach America. All cultural diffusion models assuming external impulses in the creation of Caral / Olmec civilizations are ruled out"

Writing, Metallurgy, Weaving, Pyramids, … all co-evolution? Could be. Or…

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"Hyperdiffusionism is a pseudoarchaeological hypothesis that postulates that certain historical technologies or ideas were developed by a single people or civilization and then spread to other cultures. Thus, all great civilizations that engage in what appear to be similar cultural practices, such as the construction of pyramids, derived them from a single common progenitor." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdiffusionism

Thor Heyerdahl advocated hyperdiffusionist ideas, and to his credit showed two such routes were possible. However, "His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely rejected by the scientific community, even before the expedition." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl

I write more about it at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44399051 .

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