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If the indigenous voices happened to be correct in this case, it was coincidence. Fifteen thousand years is much too long a time span for oral traditions to car
by hw-guy 4y ago
If the indigenous voices happened to be correct in this case, it was coincidence. Fifteen thousand years is much too long a time span for oral traditions to carry any factual historical information.
- ncmncm 4y agoThat has not been demonstrated. We know of oral traditions carrying facts over seven thousand years. What has been demonstrated is that these particular oral traditions do not carry factual information about geology. Treating them as factual information about geology would be abuse. They are legitimate facts about Pacific anthropology.
- robonerd 4y agoOral history of Mount Mazama in Oregon recounts an eruption that happened 7700 years ago. Don't be so quick to discount oral history.
- zozbot234 4y agoBTW, the oldest tradition I'm familiar with says that the world is not more than 6000 years old. So there might be something fishy about these claims either way.