Archived What's the oldest scientific paper that has been preserved? (AskScience)
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Archived What's the oldest scientific paper that has been preserved? (AskScience)
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[–] varialus 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The Edwin Smith Papyrus perhaps?
[–] 5087888? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
define 'scientific', modern science emerged from alchemy but I'm sure there are ancient records describing scientific phenomena like planetary motion
[–] LetsBeNakedOutside 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I guess it depends on how you define 'scientific paper?'
Not being a smart ass here, but I'd anything scientific counts, wouldn't it be on some clay tablets?
[–] goatboy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Prehistoric cave paintings of animal migrations.
The human skull hasn't changed much in 35000 years, but this generation is just dumb enough to think it is smarter than all the ones that came before it- because reasons
Strangely, Homo Sapiens has 2 meanings. It means the knowing man- in the sense of a child suddenly gaining deep insight into something through curiosity or the innocently curious man. The other meaning for sapiens is knowing in the sense of delusion.
It is in the nature of humans to be both infinitely curious about the world and indescribably deluded about it.
[–] Scotcheggs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Lucretius was talking about about atoms in sub ad with the nature of things. There are loads of books about modern farming and crap from the 1400s in uk. I think lucretius on the nature of things is the oldest evolutionary biology book and that's the most interesting to me anyways.
[–] asp1910 ago
Genesis 1:1
(just kidding)