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SomeDEGuy t1_j18pnys wrote

Reply to comment by dubamamorange in Discovery of 1,000 previously unknown Maya settlements challenges the old notion of sparse early human occupation in northern Guatemala (ca. 1000 B.C.–A.D. 150) by marketrent

"Discovery disproves old theory" gets more clicks than "Discovery supports modern scientific consensus".

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I_am_BrokenCog t1_j19bdpc wrote

well, it has been the consensus among ethnologists, historians and sociologists that the America's population of North, Central and South, were "only a few millions of people" when Columbus and de Leon explored the hemisphere.

Since the 70s or 80s this has been challenged, although not without remaining doubt, that the population was actually in the hundreds of millions.

So, yes, "old notion" is perfectly correct. Sometimes truth is both sensationalist click bait and factual reporting.

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