As for whether the Awakened were born after the disaster that destroyed the Old World, the Old Task Force had always lacked sufficient clues and couldn't make effective guesses.
Many people were similar to them. Many historians and antiquarians secretly suspected that the disaster had brought about two abnormalities in humans. One was physical, resulting in Subhumans, and the other was mental, resulting in Awakened.
This was because they couldn't come to a conclusion that Awakened existed in the Old World from the Old World text and various obtained items. They couldn't even find the corresponding traces.