On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 18:47:55 +0300 Fletcher Porter <m...@fletcherporter.com> wrote:
> |/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history:436| reads > > |11/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 | > > I'm wondering if there's a citation for this? It seem a bit > unbelievable that people and pandas would've coexisted nearby to each > other for thousands of years without ever coming into contact. > Indeed, to the extent that it can be trusted, Wikipedia > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda#Early_references) claims that > a 1st century BCE Chinese empress was buried with a panda skull. 1927 > could be around the time that there was a European discovery of > pandas, but I don't see that particular date corroborated anywhere, > and that's anyway not what this line claims. > > I wonder if this line could be qualified to whatever "discovered > (?!)" actually meant to the author of this line ("first published > about in an international journal", "first seen by Europeans", etc) > or removed since I'd reckon it's more likely than not that this is > incorrect. > > Sincerely, > > Fletcher Porter No reputable links, but: https://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1927/november_9_1927_87078.html https://husheduphistory.com/post/132902471923/proof-of-pandas https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/posts/bad-at-sex-picky-about-food-the-giant-panda-was-discovered-in-china-on-this-day-/10153722470389060/
