Re: The mistake of agriculture (was: evolution and diet)

From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 05:05:51 MDT

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    At 10:27 AM 5/24/03 +0200, Anders wrote:

    >to my knowledge no
    >hunter-gatherer societies did use writing until very recently, if at
    >all.

    HG Australian aborigines (or Kooris) used what they now call `message
    sticks', or tharunkas. I don't know more than that, but they were engraved
    with what looks like code, but perhaps were sacred iconographic images or
    maps passed along a liturgical `dreaming' track, rather than messages as
    we'd understand them.

    Damien Broderick

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