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Prehistory and Peopling of Great Kirav

The distant past of Great Kirav is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Archæological evidence suggest that the region may have been inhabited by moern man as early as 22,000 years ago, and subsequently beset with multiple waves of migration that have left enduring genetic, archæological, and cultural imprints on the island continent. The bulk of the genetic heritage of Kiravian peoples is attributable to an Ice Age migration from Levantia made possible by lower sea levels and dense floes of pack ice, with later contributions from the Ʒ-Q transoceanic migration and the still-unaccounted for progenitors of Haplogroup Ȼ.

Unravelling the truth of Kiravian prehistory and dark history is complicated by Coscivian culture's schizo-sacramentalist conception of reality (which does not clearly distinguish between what Occidental cultures would regard as the symbolic and the real) and its unique approach to time (which is often reflected in non-linear narratives and the confounding expression of temporal processes in spatial or virtual terms).

Pre-Human Times

[Dino lore]

Much of Great Kirav's plant biodiversity dates from clades attested from the Carboniferous through Permian periods.

Rattusfuckus; [Retarded Plesiosaur national dino here]

[Yeti and Samsquanch]

Earliest Homonids

During the late 20th century AD, palæontologists unearthed skeletal remains of archæic humans present in Great Kirav during the middle Pleistocene, which were eventually concluded to represent two distinct species. The more anatomically archæic of the two, Homo vetus montanus, appear to have been sluggish, shuffling creatures; dull but hardy tundra-dwellers with a robust physique and limited cognitive and linguistic capabilities compared to the more anatomically "modern" H. darudensis. Although direct evidence is lacking, most palæontologists find it probable that both species were more hirsute than modern man, with ample body hair aiding their survival in the glaciated conditions of Pleistocene Kirav.

Homo vetus montanus

Homo darudensis

First Humans - Ice Bridges from Demomap

Examples of the "Demomappic" flint and bone toolmaking style found at Upper Palæolithic strata in both Great Kirav and Boreal Levantia

The present accepted consensus regarding the colonisation of Great Kirav by Homo sapiens sapiens maintains that the island continent was first peopled by a founder population of marine mammal hunters originating from the north-central Levantine mainland who migrated across pack ice in pursuit of prey until eventually reaching pockets of unglaciated land (now likely submerged) along the ancient southern and southwestern shores of Great Kirav. This theory is colloquially known as the "iceberg-hopping thesis" (Coscivian: xistoīoribakursa). This migration is believed to have occurred sometime between 19,500 BC and 18,500 BC, though the lower bound of this window is not definite and the upper bound could be as late as the first abrupt rise in global sea levels around 18,000-17,500 BC.

Dark historians generally identify the homeland of the Ice Age Levantine migrants with the mythological concept of Demomap. Although variously interpretable from the oral traditions of Coscivian and Urom communities as a place, time, or abstract state of being, Kapuśitic and Cuomo-Passaic-speaking peoples present Demomap as the intermediate location of their ancestors between their emergence from the Shadow Realm and their arrival in Kam, interpretable either as the physical world at large or Great Kirav specifically. As such, the hypothesised pre-migration prehistory of the proto-Kiravians is known as the 'Demomappic Period'. The proto-Kiravians of the Demomappic Period are associated with a particular lithic technique (examples of which are portrayed here) with examples known from both Ilánova and Kubagne, Yonderre, cited as the strongest archæological evidence of the iceberg-hopping hypothesis. During the Demomappic Period, the proto-Kiravians are currently believed to have interacted economically and reproductively with the Packer culture of the Vandarch Basin but remained culturally distinct therefrom.

Primitive Period - Cold and also Dark

The era of human habitation of Great Kirav from initial migration to the the commencement of the last glacial retreat around the middle of the 12th millennium BC, a range of roughly seven thousand years, is known as the Primitive Period. The human population of Great Kirav during this era is presumed to have been extremely sparse. Some studies from the 1980s-90s AD suggested that the Archæo-Cronan and Archæo-Levantine founder populations may have numbered as few as 70 and 100 people respectively. More recent works accept figures higher up in the hundreds or even low thousands as plausible, with the caveat that the vast majority of migrants' genetic lineages became extinct during the Primitive Period and are not ancestral to modern Kiravians. Whatever its size, almost the entirety of this population would have lived on lands that are now submerged, severely limiting what can be gleaned about this earliest phase of Kiravian prehistory from archæology. As such, almost nothing is known about this period from modern science.

Environmental conditions during the Primitive Period are believed to have been exceedingly harsh. The island continent was almost entirely glaciated during this time, and prehistoric Kiravian populations would have clung to its habitable coastal fringes, eking out a marginal living from hunting, gathering, and fishing.

Members of the Ardmen Gentemen's Antiquarian Society attempting to reënact the "iceberg-hopping" migration thesis in 1906 AD. Due to improper outfitting and poor knowledge of ocean currents, the entire expedition died three days after departing from Lyukquar.

Society I (ca. 12,500 BC - ca. 9600 BC) - We Live in This

The Late Ice Age. Glacial retreat and gradual warming of the climate allow Kiravians to break out from their highly constrained High Ice Ace mode of production, enabling population growth and the formation of societies beyond the scale of primitive bands.

This is a time of dramatic (but mostly good) change for Kiravians.

[The Glacier and its lasting psychic effects]

Pleistocene-Holocene Collapse - Gamers Strike Back

This is a time of dramatic (and mostly bad) change for Kiravians.

Society II (ca. 9300 BC - ca. 8000 BC)

This is a time of gradual (but mostly good) change for Kiravians.

Akai Collapse (ca. 8000 BC)

Kiravo-Akhai Origins Conspiracy Theory

Deep History (ca. 7000 BC - 2373 BC)

Things get more real from here on.

Wanderer Migration (The D)

[Haplogroup D? (Mystery haplogroup)]

Haplogroup D is clustered in modern Coscivian ethnic groups and areas of historic Coscivian influence. Among Urom populations in Great Kirav, frequency ranges from 5% in some boreal forest tribes to 0% in high-altitude Western Highlands tribes. However, it occurs at low frequencies across much of the globe, making its origins difficult to pinpoint.

Y-Chromosomal Waldo is the name given to the unknown prehistoric man who is the common ancestor of all living men in Haplogroup D. Where's Waldo? Theories: Waldo is in Demomap (Y-chromosomal Waldo lived in Boreal Levantia somewhere, probably modern Faneria), Waldo on Ice (Y-chromosomal Waldo lived in some fluke glacial refugium on the Arctic landmass), Wet Waldo (Waldo migrated from Polynesia somehow - Controversial).

[Dark philology]

Open Problems

Much remains unanswered about Kiravian prehistory, and naturally many questions may remain unknown forever. Major open problems in Kiravian prehistory that are the subject of active scholarly inquiry include:

Post-Glacial First Contact - Approximately when after the glacial retreat was contact reëstablished between human populations in Great Kirav and Levantia? Leading Dark philologists believe that their discipline cannot supply an answer to this question, save for the remote possibility of new evidence being decoded from as-of-yet undeciphered or undiscovered epigraphs, as existing recensions of oral histories covering this topic have all been adapted for post-contact audiences taking knowledge of other continents as a given, so the time depth of this is basically impossible to sound. Archæological evidence does not yet provide a clear answer, but there are some promising leads.

Where's Waldo - Where did Y-chromosomal Waldo, progenitor of Haplogroup D, live, and how did his descendants get to Great Kirav? No one has a clue.

Related

Deep Philology & Dark Philology
Five Races Cycle
Coscivian Origin Narratives
Kiro-Akai Hyperwar
Phantom Time
Shadow Realm
Shadow Time and Dream Time

Slash Noïnclude

Palæo-Cronan Haplotypes:

• Haplogroyup Ʒ
• Haplogroup

Palæo-Levantine Haplotypes:

• Haplogroup Ƕ
• Haplogroup Ỽ

Antediluvian Arctic Haplotypes:

• Haplogroup Ȼ

Noun Declension Tables (pic unrelated)

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Form I - istuv
Case	Nonplural		Plural
Ergative	istuk		istuyak
Genitive	istul		istuyá
Indirect	istum		istuyam
Absolutives
Number	Nonplural		Plural
Aspect	Imperfect	Perfect	Imperfect	Perfect
Present	istuv	istuvi	istuya	istuyi
Past	istuve	istuvéi	istuyave	istuyavéi
Future	istuvo	istuvói	istuyavo	istuyavói
Jussive	istuvu	istuvúi	istuyavu	istuyavúi

Form II - rona
Case	Nonplural		Plural
Ergative	ronak		ronæk
Genitive	roná		ronæ
Indirect	ronam		ronám
Absolutives
Number	Nonplural		Plural
Aspect	Imperfect	Perfect	Imperfect	Perfect
Present	rona	ronavi	ronáv	ronávi
Past	ronave	ronavéi	ronáve	ronávéi
Future	ronavo	ronavói	ronávo	ronávói
Jussive	ronavu	ronavúi	ronávu	ronávúi

Form III - vālin
Case	Nonplural		Plural
Ergative	vālith		vālinyak
Genitive	vālisk		vāliskya
Indirect	vālint		vālintya
Absolutives
Number	Nonplural		Plural
Aspect	Imperfect	Perfect	Imperfect	Perfect
Present	vālin	vālini	vālinyav	vālinyavi
Past	vāline	vālinéi	vālinyave	vālinyavéi
Future	vālino	vālinói	vālinyavo	vālinyavói
Jussive	vālinu	vālinúi	vālinyavu	vālinyavúi

Form III - kenor
Case	Nonplural		Plural
Ergative	kenorth		kenoryak
Genitive	kenorsk		kenorskya
Indirect	kenord		kenordya
Absolutives
Number	Nonplural		Plural
Aspect	Imperfect	Perfect	Imperfect	Perfect
Present	kenor	kenorsti	kenoryav	kenoryavi
Past	kenorste	kenorstéi	kenoryave	kenoryavéi
Future	kenorsto	kenorstói	kenoryavo	kenoryavói
Jussive	kenorstu	kenorstúi	kenoryavu	kenoryavúi