Urlik
Sergeant Knight
why shouldn't the oral history be that old?
we know that Neanderthals were capable of artistic representations of animals and people as well as crafting jewellery from bone.
scans of Neanderthal skulls and DNA sampling has revealed that they had the "potential" for speach.
humans and other hominids co-existed for millenia. some of the heroic legends could date back to when there really were other species that had different physical characteristics or possessed great strength.
I'm not saying that this is how it happened but it's an interesting hypothesis
we know that Neanderthals were capable of artistic representations of animals and people as well as crafting jewellery from bone.
scans of Neanderthal skulls and DNA sampling has revealed that they had the "potential" for speach.
humans and other hominids co-existed for millenia. some of the heroic legends could date back to when there really were other species that had different physical characteristics or possessed great strength.
I'm not saying that this is how it happened but it's an interesting hypothesis