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Apologies if this was covered already, but there is a group in Africa where supposedly people can speak a verbal message while an 'expert' ties knots on a cord...then when the cord is unwound by another 'expert' in another area, the 'expert' speaks the message both accurately and verbatim. Hey, it's legend...but possibly appropriate for a neolithic setting.<br> <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:50:18 +0200<br>> From: postmaster@runequest.za.org<br>> To: runequest@rpgreview.net<br>> Subject: Re: [Runequest] Literate Neolithics?<br>> <br>> lev@rpgreview.net wrote:<br>> ><br>> > We don't have any evidence that Australia was settled by paleolithic<br>> > oceanic craft. Certainly the bark canoes (or more probably, driftwood)<br>> > could have made coastal journeys at best, island hopping across the<br>> > Indonesian archipelago, making it to the ice-age land bridge that existed<br>> > between Australia and New Guinea. It wasn't until the seventeenth century<br>> > CE, by best estimations, that the powerful dugout canoes were in use.<br>> ><br>> There was a national geographic article about this. A land bridge to<br>> australia due to low ocean levels from ice age. Also explains the<br>> different evolution of Australia insofar a deep sea trench stopped<br>> africanised type colonisation. (Elephants etc). Cant remember much of<br>> article, but for sure made good reading at the time.<br>> Tony<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Runequest mailing list<br>> Runequest@rpgreview.net<br>> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<br></div> </div></body>
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