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Prehistory of the United States
You would think that Prehistory of the United States would talk about the pre-Columbian era of human settlement because writing (AFAIK) did not exist within present-day US territory. However, it instead talks about geological time, with just a few sentences about when the first migrants entered the continent but nothing past that. That "prehistory" is a completely different topic than the "prehistory" in this article. Does this strike anyone as strange? —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 05:50, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- Yep, prehistory is human history prior to writing. The Iskandar323 (talk) 10:31, 25 February 2023 (UTC)]
- @Iskandar323 Right now, it only focuses on the United States. If it were about all of North America, it would have to be edited to include info about Canada, Mexico, and Central America. —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 23:46, 25 February 2023 (UTC)]
- Right, but creatures in the Jurassic period ignored modern nation-state boundaries, so yeah, while it should be expanded, trends apparent from paleontological digs in the USA will also apply to the rest of the continent. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:41, 26 February 2023 (UTC)]
- Right, but creatures in the Jurassic period ignored modern nation-state boundaries, so yeah, while it should be expanded, trends apparent from paleontological digs in the USA will also apply to the rest of the continent.
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Life sciences
scientific name of prehistoric? 105.4.2.187 (talk) 17:35, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
WP:Engvar
It's been pointed out that the article uses mixed Am/Br English. There has been no previous discussion that i can see, & this 2004 version had a "characterised", so it should be Br Eng. I'll adjust accordly, for what I can see. Johnbod (talk) 00:36, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- This edit in late 2018 not only Americanised the language, but converted from BC/AD, which the article had been since 2001, to BCE. Needless to say, his edit summary mentioned neither of these. Fortunately this editor has not edited since last September. This should be reversed too. Johnbod (talk) 01:11, 30 August 2023 (UTC)