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by fit2rule 2241 days ago
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...

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This is incredible. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for bringing it up and the link below.
Accurate, but maybe not precise.
Precision is bounded by the channel capacity. The advance was an intellectual one - that there is value in maintaining an accurate record.
Actually, pretty good for what they described happening to the land around them:

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