Depending how you define modern. We've already had Allag thousands of years ago with some Ascian / Omega help, and they were way beyond futuristic.

Given that shards don't have to deal with cataclysms as often as the Source does, its possible some civilization might have evolved to that point. It's doubtful how long they'd be around though, given the ascian tendencies to axe off the more advanced nations in some way.