sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoHow do you think early humans survived without water bottles? Did they just live next to water sources all the time?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down116
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareHow do you think early humans survived without water bottles? Did they just live next to water sources all the time?sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareKittenBiscuits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months agoLas Vegas being the exception that kind of proves the rule.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoA city that’s barely a hundred years old isn’t really relevant when talking about history of the human race predating the invention of bottles. Earliest glass bottles are thought to be from 1500 BC according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_bottle. Even plastic bottles might be twice as old as Vegas according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plastic_development but that depends on definition of plastic.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIf you look at the top 10 cities, all of them have a river, except Mexico City. That’s the real outlier. Large cities require lots of water, and that city is a really weird exception.
Las Vegas being the exception that kind of proves the rule.
A city that’s barely a hundred years old isn’t really relevant when talking about history of the human race predating the invention of bottles.
Earliest glass bottles are thought to be from 1500 BC according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_bottle. Even plastic bottles might be twice as old as Vegas according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plastic_development but that depends on definition of plastic.
If you look at the top 10 cities, all of them have a river, except Mexico City. That’s the real outlier. Large cities require lots of water, and that city is a really weird exception.