5999 BC
When counting time in BC, which by the way stands for ‘before christ’, (keeping this religious theme going) we count backward. So the year after 6000 BC would be 5999 BC and the year before 6000 BC would have been 6001 BC. Confused yet? Don’t be, it’s not that hard once you get the hang of it.
We admit that the picture is pretty funny, and we can’t be too hard on this post. It really is just a common mistake we all make from time to time. Who can remember little things like that anyways? We’re really more interested in knowing whether or not ancient humans could punch trees this hard.