copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2017-12-20): Known also as "cup and rings", these rock carvings were made by our Neolithic and Early Bronze Age ancestors between 6,000 and 3,800 years ago. About 7,000 carved panels are known about – occurring mostly in England (3,500 panels) and Scotland (2,500 panels). [...] But being out in the open, these carvings are now under threat. These ancient artefacts are deteriorating primarily because of modern life – with increasing population densities, agricultural activity, and climate change all taking their toll. Indeed, in many places the rocks have been scratched by livestock, and driven over by cars, tractors or farming equipment. [...] It is hoped that by monitoring the rock art in this way, it can help to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. And while we can’t be sure about the thoughts and feelings of the people who made the carvings, it is hoped our neolithic ancestors would approve of the efforts being taken to try and ensure their art survives for many thousands of years to come.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2018-06-08): Humans (Homo sapiens) make art. We do this for many reasons and with whatever technologies are available to us. Recent research suggests that Neanderthals also made art. [...] Although the Paleo-Indians who migrated to America from Asia (across the Bering Strait — a land bridge that once joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia) during the Pleistocene Epoch (Ice Age) did not leave behind a written (or even a large material) record, they can be identified by specific toolkits. Clovis points, for example, reveal technologies of hunting and processing meat, as well as crafting a sharp point from available resources. Workers used a hard rock to chip flakes from a softer one, shaping it into a sturdy point that could be used by hand or fastened to a wooden spear. These tools reveal that Clovis people were hunter-gatherers, relying upon big game. As ice thawed, toolkits diversified. Later Archaic people left behind wooden fishing spears reflecting an expansion of hunting and diet, possible boat technology, and a variety of specialized stone tools. But the most significant development in the Americas was the start of agriculture which fundamentally altered lifestyles of people throughout the hemisphere.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2020-10-21): Scientists have long pointed to changes in climate, such as the onset of wet or dry periods, as the key driving force behind the adaptation of our early ancestors. The new study puts this idea to the test by examining a detailed record of environmental changes over almost a million years, etched into a 456-foot-long core of sediment layers extracted from an ancient lake. [...] Windows into our ancient ancestors’ lives at this time reveal they were surprisingly advanced for such an early date. Their tools were diverse and much more compact, including small triangular stone points that could have been used as projectiles. "Things start out big and clunky and they become small and portable," Potts says of the shift. "It’s like the history of technology ever since." [...] With resources scarce or in flux, ancient humans were likely forced to travel farther away from familiar lands, she notes. "Did that lead to them discovering different types of resources? Did that lead to increased cooperation with other groups to survive? Did it lead to advances in technology to help them eke out a living?" Krueger wonders. "These are the questions this study is exploring."
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2022-02-24): If we look at technology over very long timescales, our definition of what it is transforms, and as Tom Chatfield argues, it also displays a form of evolution entwined with our own. [...] In this, and in their initial crafting and improvement of these objects, our ancestors weren’t so different from several other groups of animals. Plenty of creatures can communicate richly, comprehend one another’s intentions and put tools to intelligent and creative use: cetaceans, cephalopods, corvids. Some can even develop and pass on particular local practices: New Caledonian crows, for example, exhibit a "culture" of tool usage, creating distinct varieties of simple hooked tools from plants in order to help them feed. [...] And if this kind of analysis feels overfamiliar – or overstated – we can recapture its shock by putting things slightly differently. From the perspective of technology, humans have been getting exponentially slower every year for the last half-century. In the realm of software, there is more and more time available for adaptation and improvement – while, outside it, every human second takes longer and longer to creep past. We – evolved creatures of flesh and blood – are out of joint with our times in the most fundamental of senses.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2017-12-20): What Neolithic rock art can tell us about the way our ancestors lived 6,000 years ago [...] Known also as "cup and rings", these rock carvings were made by our Neolithic and Early Bronze Age ancestors between 6,000 and 3,800 years ago. About 7,000 carved panels are known about – occurring mostly in England (3,500 panels) and Scotland (2,500 panels). [...] It is hoped that by monitoring the rock art in this way, it can help to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. And while we can't be sure about the thoughts and feelings of the people who made the carvings, it is hoped our neolithic ancestors would approve of the efforts being taken to try and ensure their art survives for many thousands of years to come.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2023-03-10): A video is being shared on social media that claims to show a series of rock carvings that depict modern-day inventions such as bicycles, computers, astronaut suits, etc. The carvings show detailed depictions of these technologies, including images of people riding bicycles, sitting at computers, and even wearing astronaut helmets. The video suggests that these carvings are evidence that our ancestors were more technologically advanced than we previously thought and may have even had access to advanced knowledge or extra-terrestrial help. Let’s fact-check the claims made in the post. [...] Fact: The carvings of the bicycle and astronaut are done recently after their inventions are made. The man sitting at a computer is not a carving, but an artwork made in 2006. Similarly, symbols in some other carvings have not yet been deciphered, and some of the associations with modern symbols like Wi-Fi, rockets and transformers, etc, could be due to visual similarities rather than actual representation as there is not enough evidence to support them. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. [...] The video makes other claims of ancient carvings depicting modern-day inventions such as rockets, Wi-Fi, transformers etc. However, these claims do not hold up to scrutiny as there is not enough evidence to support them. The symbols in the carvings have not yet been deciphered, and some of the associations with modern symbols could be due to visual similarities rather than actual representations.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2024-10-08): These facts show that there were sufficient resources and co-operation to enable large groups to work on these projects. To what extent this was a basis for the development of elites and social hierarchies is a matter of ongoing debate.[61] Although some late Neolithic societies formed complex stratified chiefdoms similar to Polynesian societies such as the Ancient Hawaiians, based on the societies of modern tribesmen at an equivalent technological level, most Neolithic societies were relatively simple and egalitarian.[62] A comparison of art in the two ages leads some theorists to conclude that Neolithic cultures were noticeably more hierarchical than the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them.[63] [...] - ^ Rogers & Semaw 2009, p. 164 - ^ Zimmer, Carl (11 July 2018). "Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa – Chipped rocks found in western China indicate that human ancestors ventured from Africa earlier than previously believed". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018. [...] - Schick, Kathy D.; Toth, Nicholas (1993). Making Silent Stones Speak: Human Evolution and the Dawn of Technology. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-69371-8.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2024-09-22): The gnomes and goblins in World of Warcraft also have technological societies that could be described as steampunk,[99] as they are vastly ahead of the technologies of men, but still run on steam and mechanical power. [...] Some examples of this type include the novel The Difference Engine,[108] the comic book series League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Disney animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire,[15] Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy,[109] and the roleplaying game Space: 1889.[15] The anime film Steamboy (2004) is another example of Victorian steampunk, taking place in an alternate 1866 where steam technology is far more advanced than reality.[110] Some, such as the comic series Girl Genius,[15] have their own unique times and places despite partaking heavily of the flavor of historic settings. Other comic series are set in a more familiar London, as in the Victorian Undead, which has Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and others taking on zombies, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, and Count Dracula, with advanced weapons and devices. Another example of this genre is the Tunnels novels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. These are set in the modern day, but with an underground Victorian world that is working to overthrow the world above. Detective graphic novel series Lady Mechanika is set in an alternative Victorian-like world.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2015-07-23): Thus, just as people living everywhere benefit from inventions developed on the frontiers in America and Australia, and those produced as a result of the space program, the people of Earth will benefit greatly from the inventions produced by humans settling Mars.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Africa has the world's oldest record of human technological achievement: the oldest stone tools in the world have been found in eastern Africa, and later evidence for tool production by humans' hominin ancestors has been found across West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.[1] The history of science and technology in Africa since then has, however, received relatively little attention compared to other regions of the world, despite notable African developments in mathematics, metallurgy, architecture, and other fields. [...] Admiring West African medicinal prowess, Johannes Rask concluded that "Africans are much better suited than we are, as regards their health care".[101][102][103] [...] - ^ a b Amblard-Pison, Sylvie; Vallette, Thibault; Jousse, Hélène; Albaret, Chloé; Person, Alain (2010). "The rock carvings of anthropomorphs of Dhar Nema southeastern Mauritania". Afrique Archéologie Arts. 6: 67–84. doi:10.4000/AAA.710.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2018-07-03): Paul Saffo, a leading Silicon-Valley-based technological forecaster and consulting professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, said, "I have had an email address on my business card since 1982, and carry enough electronics on my person to get nervous in lightning storms. Digital connectivity has become like oxygen, utterly essential to my research. The net effect of these innovations has been to tie me more closely to other individuals and extend my interpersonal connections well beyond the pre-internet links of in-person interactions and telecommunications. I have friends – close friends who I have known for well over a decade and with whom I communicate nearly every day. We have never met in-person. In fact, we have never spoken over the phone. At the end of the day, the two of the three highest human desires are the desire to be useful, and the desire to share stories. We have been doing both since our distant ancestors sat around a savanna camp fire sharing their days and their dreams. Now, thanks to digital media, the circle around the campfire has grown to encompass (if we wish) all of humanity." [...] So the three of us are never really out of touch, which is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I wish I could do this with MY father (who is, alas, very technophobic)." [...] I’m trying to weigh this all out in my mind and figure what it means for us personally. The professional understanding may come later."
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2016-10-05): - Canadians are less self-reliant and more dependent on state programs than Americans to provide for everyday needs of citizens. - Canadians are more "elitist" than Americans in the sense that they are more respectful and deferential towards authorities. [...] Max Weber’s analysis of modern society centres on the concept of rationalization. Arguably, the primary focus of Weber’s entire sociological oeuvre was to determine how and why Western civilization and capitalism developed where and when they did. Why was the West the West? Why did the Western world modernize and develop modern science, industry, military, and democracy first when, for centuries, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East were technically, scientifically, and culturally more advanced than the West?
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2022-10-25): And reach to touch the stars sow larger reasoning and fantasies than ours? [...] The year the bin went out more times than us, and we couldn’t hug our Mum. [...] All those unprecedented suits are navigating routes and claiming feet upon the pedals.
Claim: The ancient rock carvings show modern-day technologies like computers, Astronaut suits and bicycles, etc. which suggests that our ancestors are more technologically advanced than us (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-03-10)
Evidence (2020-05-22): Imagine You're an Astronaut
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-26): An infographic published on the 48-Months portal of the Modi government makes certain claims about air travel and waterways. The following article is a fact check of the four claims made in this infographic.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-07-04): - India is now the third largest aviation market - Passenger traffic growth is in the range of 18-20% over the past three years - More people have travelled in airplanes than in AC trains for the first time - Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million in 2017 - A National Civil Aviation Policy was unveiled in 2016 [...] Claim 4: Domestic Air Passengers Crossed 100 Million in 2017 As noted earlier, the data from DGCA indicates that, in 2017, the number of passengers carried by domestic airlines was 1171.76 lakh, or over 117 million.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-04-19): NEW DELHI: The Indian aviation industry on Sunday crossed the mark of 4-lakh domestic air passengers a day for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The airlines carried 4,07,975 passengers on 2,838 flights on Sunday, as per data provided by the government, which is almost equal to average daily passenger count of 2019, the pre-pandemic year. "And we hit the 4 lakh mark for the first time in the last two years!" Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation tweeted on Monday. Hit by covid-19 pandemic, air traffic saw a sharp plunge in FY21 and FY22. India’s domestic traffic is estimated to have grown by nearly 59% year-on-year to 84 million in FY22, lower by 40% when compared to the pre-pandemic level. However, since March 2022, due to the waning impact of covid-19 and the government’s decision to lift travel-related curbs, air traffic has been witnessing a strong rebound. According to rating agency ICRA, a sequential growth of 37% in domestic air passenger traffic was seen in March 2022 to 10.6 million compared to 7.7 million in February 2022, and YoY growth of 35% compared to 7.8 million in March 2021.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-12-17): Also Read: Domestic air passenger traffic grew 67% to 88 lakh in Oct, says ICRA [...] Meanwhile, domestic air passenger traffic crossed the 10-million mark in November for the first time since the pandemic hit the aviation industry in March 2020, but the new Omicron variant has the potential to disrupt, according to rating agency ICRA. [...] In the second phase of the recovery, domestic travel demand rose to 10.04-10.05 million (1.004 crore-1.005 crore) in November as against 63.54 lakh passengers in the year-earlier period, a robust 64 per cent growth, ICRA said in a statement last week.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-12-07): Continuing a recovery, domestic air passenger traffic crossed the 10-million mark in November for the first time since the pandemic hit the aviation industry in March 2020, but the new Omicron variant has the potential to disrupt, according to rating agency ICRA. After recording 1.23 crore domestic passengers in February 2020, domestic air travel demand dipped to 19.84 lakh passengers in the first month (June 2020) of the resumption of flight services on local routes. [...] In the second phase of the recovery, domestic travel demand rose to 10.04-10.05 million (1.004 crore-1.005 crore) in November as against 63.54 lakh passengers in the year-earlier period, a robust 64% growth, ICRA said in a statement.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-04-18): The Indian aviation industry has crossed a mark of 4,00,000 domestic air passengers a day on Sunday for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The airlines carried 4,07,975 passengers on 2,838 flights which amounts to about 95.5 per cent of pre-Covid-19 daily domestic air passenger traffic. According to the data of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in the domestic traffic category, there were 7,99,957 airport footfalls, 5,672 aircraft movements, and 3,91,982 arriving passengers. [...] A recent report by ICRA also found that India's domestic air passenger traffic is estimated to have grown by around 59 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 84 million in FY22, although it is still about 40 per cent lower as compared to the pre-pandemic level.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-12-17): Domestic air passenger numbers crossed 1 cr threshold in November Passenger traffic registered 17 per cent sequential growth in November compared to October 2021.The domestic air passenger numbers crossed the 1 crore threshold for the first time after the Indian airports and air services resumed operations after the closure during the first outbreak of the pandemic in the middle of 2020. In November 2021, the Indian domestic carriers collectively carried 1.05 crore passengers. This is plus 17 per cent growth on a sequential basis. [...] Although the number of domestic passengers is still below the pre-pandemic months of October - November 2019, when the number of domestic passengers was around 129.47 lakh, the crossing of the one-crore threshold indicates a major revival in the confidence of the travellers in air travel in the country.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-12-25): IndiGo, India's largest carrier by fleet, domestic and international market share, last week became the first-ever carrier to have ferried 100 million passengers in a financial year. [...] At the start of December, Air India was 62,37,870 passengers short of the magic figure of 100 million this fiscal. At an average of 2.98 lakh passengers, the airline would have crossed that number on the 21st of December. However, it achieved the figure three days earlier. [...] By the end of November, the airline had carried 70.36 million passengers and remained on track to carry 30 million passengers from December to March, achieving the 100 million mark this fiscal.
Claim: Domestic air passengers crossed 100 million for the first time. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-12-19): IndiGo’s 100 million passengers also underscores the massive potential of the Indian aviation sector. No wonder airlines are keen to tap into it. [...] Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo became the first Indian airline to transport 100 million passengers in a year. Celebrating its 17th anniversary this year, IndiGo has become one of the world’s largest airlines by passenger traffic. [...] Photo credit: IndiGo becomes first Indian airline to transport 100 million passengers in a year. Nadir Hashmi / Indigo Nation