Was the Vinca culture older than Sumer and Egypt?

Vinca culture was older than Sumerian and Egyptian civilization. The former started around 7500 years ago, while the latter started around 5500 to 5000 years ago, respectively. However, Egypt and Mesopotamia had contemporary chalcolithic cultures. read more

Because no-one can come up with a satisfactory answer as to who, out of Sumeria and Egypt, is the oldest civilisation, I believe that the two started their civilisations at about the same time, except that Egypt was perhaps more organised than their Sumerian brothers. read more

The houses sat along streets, thus making Vinca the first urban settlement in Europe, but being far older than the cities of Mesopotamia and Egypt. And the town of Vinca itself was just one of several metropolises, with others at Divostin, Potporanj, Selevac, Plocnik and Predionica. read more

Well of course it is. It was a Neolithic culture so of course it's older than Sumer and Egypt which are Bronze Age civilizations. Still, the predecessors of Sumer and especially Egypt are much older than Vinca since they date to Epipaleolithic times. read more