I just started a new game and no curiosities spawned in my entire continent during the ancient era. This is clearly not the way the game is supposed to distribute them, since it's a pretty large continent (and I had curiosities spawning immediately in the ancient era in much smaller pieces of land). I had this issue before once, also in a map with 4 continents, maybe it's related.
I'm attaching a couple of save files, but in any case curiosities just stopped spawning the moment I started the ancient era.
I've also noticed (anecdotally) far fewer curiosities spawning in the Ancient Era. No save at the moment, but I can confirm I'm seeing what you're seeing. It made it particularly hard to play the Bantu. I went 10-20 turns without seeing any food, and they started to appear in very small numbers once I killed wildlife. Not sure if that was coincidence or not.
Has the algorithm changed to create/distribute curiosities?
It definitely happens when you create a world with 4 continents. I just had the exact same issue again (saves attached). I then changed the settings to 3 continents in the next game, and everything went well.
I've also noticed that when alot of AI move to the next era (and you're still in neolithic) then the curiosities just stop. Also in Classical era, most of the curiosities will spawn in the sea only, no more on land? Not sure about how curiosity distribution and spawn location is determined but it seems that era is a key factor.
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