> Statistics is a very young invention. As far as we know, it didn't exist in meaningful form anywhere on Earth until the 1600s. (However, if it existed in the Americas earlier than that, that would explain why it suddenly popped up in Europe in the 1600s...)

> It's possible different conceptualisations of probability existed elsewhere.

Rudimentary sampling theory 100% predates 17th century Europe: https://ckraju.net/wordpress_F/?p=55