[fit2rule]

You know what's really mind-boggling: the fact that Australian Aborigines have successfully kept an accurate record of multiple Geological events for 40,000 years - by way of oral tradition.

I think the fact this is unrecognised in educated circles is also staggering...

[kqr]

This is incredible. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for bringing it up and the link below.

[dmurray]

Accurate, but maybe not precise.

[mrow84]

Precision is bounded by the channel capacity. The advance was an intellectual one - that there is value in maintaining an accurate record.

[fit2rule]

Actually, pretty good for what they described happening to the land around them:

https://www.sapiens.org/language/oral-tradition/