what I've noticed in my lifetime is that the attempted narratives of mainstream science continue to edge towards original local knowledge. if locals abandoned

what I've noticed in my lifetime is that the attempted narratives of mainstream science continue to edge towards original local knowledge. if locals abandoned their knowledge and accepted the 40,000ya story told when I was a kid, they'd be out by just as much given the 80,000ya now indicated by artefacts at M2, Madjedbebe; the oldest site of continual human habitation.