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[-] match@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

North America of course being any part of the Americas in the Northern hemisphere --

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

The funny thing is, I can't even tell if you're being serious or joking...

[-] sem 5 points 2 weeks ago

Even the Columbia part is weird. Should have been "present-day Columbia" or similar.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they also varied between spelling it "Columbia" and "Colombia" in the same article.

But I get it, there's not a lot of money in popular science publishing so they may not even have a copy editor, at least those kinds of stories are still getting popularized and not just 'ancient aliens'.

this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
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