Most of the scientific evidence in recent years had been gleaned from the bones of members of past civilizations in both the Old and New worlds; bones were considered credible markers since chronic syphilis causes skeletal lesions. (scientificamerican.com)
While Minecraft might be devoid of a back story, we do see the evidence of some sort of past civilization in the abandoned mine shafts, strongholds, and vanilla dungeons and the more sophisticated dungeons created by MCDungeons fit right into the general feel. (howtogeek.com)
Discrimination between environmental and anthropogenic impacts on past civilizations, however, remains difficult because of the paucity of high - resolution paleoclimatic evidence. (science.sciencemag.org)