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I feel like there is also a lot of a certain bias(selection bias? Observation bias?) i cant remember the name of. Basically, human sites inside of caves SHOULD be the thing we find most often because they are less likely to be eroded away. Whereas human sites that were right next to a river are much more difficult to find because the river has expanded, eroding away most of the evidence. You are left with small artifacts instead of paintings, fire pits, bone collections, etc.
Survivorship bias
Thats the one. Isnt that the same bias that always gets brought up in regards to planes getting shot down?
The very same
I make some kind of reference to "cavemen" at least once a month and I never stopped to consider this.