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I have been playing civilization since Civ 1 in the 1990's and spent particularly lots of time on Civ 4, which in my opinion is the best of the series (haven't played Civ 6 yet). I have an academic background in history and archeology, so I hope I can suggest a few helpful tips on how to make...

I am playing with Genoa, and I have completed all three goals unique historical victory, but for some reason the second one showed an angry smiley face (failed, I suppose) just after I founded the second corporation. Is that a bug or was there a time limit to achieve this goal (that was not...

I found the origin of the problem. The rar file was damaged. I downloaded it again and it worked.

I have installed the MOD, but when I try to load it nothing happens. It just goes back to the desktop and does not reload the game. I installed the patch, but it's still the same. Other mods (BTS content) work fine though. The files were unzipped in the BTS's MODS folder, keeping the original...

I would like to see the Indo-European civilisation. :-) They would start around modern Ukraine or Anatolia. Their special unit would be the chariot. Starting technologies would be the wheel and agriculture. Their traits would be expansive and imperialistic. Favourite civic would be the Caste...

Hey ! I see you have gone up in the hierarchy and your number of posts skyrocketed !

You can only have one Y-DNA haplogroup. It is a chromosome inherited from father to son exclusively (women don't have a Y chromosome so they can only know if their father, paternal grandfather or a brother was tested). Even if someone if only 1/16, say Irish, and 15/16 black African, if the...

You don't get to choose. You get tested and you will know. I am still awaiting my results. I can take up to 3 months to get them.

Humans presumably all descend from one common male ancestor and a common female ancestor. Geneticists have analysed Y and X chromosomes (those inherited from our father and mother, respectively) from humans all over the world, and determined that the most recent common male ancestor lived about...

Sorry for reviving this old topic. I found some interesting data on the subject that kind of proves that modern Europeans did indeed inherit some genes from Neanderthal. Check this page. There are many references towards the bottom.

Actually civilisation are much broader than implied in the game. There is a European or Western civilisation, but we shouldn't talk of French, British or German civilisation. These are just cultures with the Western civilisation. China and India are civilisations, which like Europe are composed...

We could give them nicknames. There are some for some mtDNA (maternal line) haplogroups already. Well, Bryan Sykes gave those names in his book The Seven Daughters of Eve * Ursula: corresponds to Haplogroup U * Xenia: corresponds to Haplogroup X * Helena: corresponds to Haplogroup H...

After reading a lot about haplogroups and the various genetic groups and subgroups that compose the human kind, I thought it might be a good idea to have a game of Civ4 with Y-DNA haplogroups instead of civilisation names. The reason is that real civilisation change name with time, so it's...

How could I forget one of the few Singaporian of this forum (actually Malay, aren't you ?) with such a brilliant mastery of history, KnightDragon. :) You are still in my buddy list. :p

Of course, but that's not the point ! Neanderthal could have been progressively pushed back North by other hominids. If you had the slightest knowledge of ethnological history, you should know that modern Europeans descend mainly from the Aryans living around the Black Sea (Ukraine, Caucasus...)...

Hi ! You changed your username. That's a long time I haven't visited the forum, I admit... [B] If we compare Neanderthal skulls with Homo Sapiens's it indeed seems too different to show any continuity with modern humans. However, if both species had mixed to create a new species, it would...

There has been many theories about the Neanderthal Man. Some say they became completely extinct (either because of the climate or because of Homo Sapiens coming from Africa). Others say that Europeans descend from both Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens, but can't agree whether it is all Europeans or...

I agree with Puppeteer. It's almost pointless to dig deeper into the story to know if Neo is a human or machine, or whatever, as it's mostly a movie made for profit, and the Wachowski brothers probably haven't got the answer to my questions either. BTW, are they Jewish ? Zion, Seraph, etc...

=> If you haven't watched it yet and don't want any SPOILER, don't read this. As Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions are nothing more than one movie in 2 parts, We'll discuss both together here. My opinion is that the Computer Graphics and the action was great, but the story is far from...

Science is not enough as things need to be proved to be acceptable. Philosohpy and Logic can answer questions (e.g. metaphysics) that science can't. So for me it's science + philosophy