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No, this happened about 5.6 million years ago, according to the study. That's well before the advent of the homo sapien or any prehistoric ancestors developing
by johnloeber 11y ago
No, this happened about 5.6 million years ago, according to the study. That's well before the advent of the homo sapien or any prehistoric ancestors developing a language complex enough to tell such a story.
Fwiw, there are more recent large floods that serve as possible inspiration for the flood stories you can find in any major religion.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoFor example: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/evidence-for-a-flood-102813115/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/evidence-for-a-... A lot of the older books of the bible were collected from Mesopotamian mythology. Based on the stories it's likely something big really did happen, but no one is quite sure what. I've always been fascinated by the Scottish Tsunami/Storegga Slide of ~6000BC, which was about 70ft high at the coast and ran some 50 miles inland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide
- duaneb 11y agoI mean, Mesopotamia was flooding quite frequently. I don't think much further inspiration is necessary.