If Africa is the oldest civilization, shouldn’t they be the most advanced?
“If Africa is the oldest civilization, shouldn’t they be the most advanced?”
They’re hiding in Wakanda so we won’t steal their science.
... and if they are the oldest civilization then shouldn't they be the most populous?
Africa is a continent, not a civilization. It'd be akin to saying "If Asia is the oldest.." or "If Europe is the oldest civilization"
The oldest civilization i.e. with cities, cultural practices such as burial, "art", tools etc. seems to be in Asia Minor with quick dispersal across the area from the Indus valley to the Nile valley
The "oldest" areas falter as either climate change or invasion from outside or just civilizational exhaustion sets in -- look at the Mayan or Indus valley for climate change (though in the case of the IV civilisation, it moved east to the Ganges-Jamuna area and south to the Tamil lands) or look at the Sumerians, succumbing to invasions by Akkadians, Amorites, Gutians, etc
All civilizations are built on the achievements of forebearing civilization -- the English alphabet for instance is derived from the Latin which comes from the Etruscan which came from the Greek which came from the Phoenician who adapted the hieroglyphs of the Sumerians.