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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 humans as early as 65,000 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 Ice Age migrations from both Levantia and Crona made possible by lower sea levels and dense floes of pack ice.

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

[Homo vetus montanus]
[Homo darudensis]

Turbo-Ancient Migration

The present accepted consensus regarding the colonisation of Great Kirav by Homo sapiens sapiens maintains that the island continent was first peopled by two founder populations of marine mammal hunters, one originating in Crona and the other in Levantia, who migratied 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.

The Archæo-Cronan founder population is associated with Y-chromosomal haplogroups Ʒ and Q, whereas the Archæo-Levantine founder population is associated with haplogroups Ƕ and Ỽ.

Antediluvian Arctic Haplotypes:

Haplogroup Ȼ Noun Declen
[Demomap]

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

[The Glacier and its lasting psychic effects]

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.

Ultra-Ancient Migration (Pre-D)

[Haplogroup D? (Mystery haplogroup)]

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)

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