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The Ljungavik Dog: A Mesolithic dog burial (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Stories about events we can identify in the archeological record, probably. Forest fires, major battles, geological events, things like that which can be used to line the stories up with specific real-world events

[–] Siegfried 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Those dudes survived a volcanic eruption that wiped out half of humanity. I guess they still remember it?

[–] nomous 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

People are still talking about some flood that probably happened at some point in pre-history.

[–] Siegfried 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I strongly believe that it happened. It doesn't need to be a "flood of biblical dimensions" but just one terrible enough to convince a few early tribes that it was the end of the world as we know it.

That's mankind lore

[–] nomous 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I feel like the myth existing in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to the Americas gives it credence. It makes sense that a "world-changing event" would work its way into various disparate cultures myths.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or it's because people all around the world always lived next to water and encountered floods.

[–] nomous 2 points 1 week ago

Absolutely, water being such a vital part of life pretty much ensures it'll be referenced. Kind of the same thing as various sun gods in cultures around the world.

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