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Re:Lake Agassiz by fit2rule on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:30AM (#23078122)
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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Re:Lake Agassiz by kqr on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:34AM (#23081136)
This is incredible. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for bringing it up and the link below.
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Re:Lake Agassiz by dmurray on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:37AM (#23078155)
Accurate, but maybe not precise.
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Re:Lake Agassiz by mrow84 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:01AM (#23079070)
Precision is bounded by the channel capacity. The advance was an intellectual one - that there is value in maintaining an accurate record.
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Re:Lake Agassiz by fit2rule on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:43AM (#23079920)
Actually, pretty good for what they described happening to the land around them:

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

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