Posted on 04/06/2015 10:26:08 AM PDT by Theoria
The scientific world is stunned by research which backs an Aboriginal legend about how palm trees got to Central Australia.
Several years ago Tasmanian ecologist David Bowman did DNA tests on palm seeds from the outback and near Darwin.
The results led him to conclude the seeds were carried to the Central Desert by humans up to 30,000 years ago.
Professor Bowman read an Aboriginal legend recorded in 1894 by pioneering German anthropologist and missionary Carl Strehlow, which was only recently translated, describing the "gods from the north" bringing the seeds to Palm Valley.
Professor Bowman said he was amazed.
"Just an amazing coincidence that we'd independently concluded that the seeds had been transported and then subsequently we discover an Aboriginal legend is exactly what we found scientifically.
"The concordance of the findings of a scientific study and an ancient myth is a striking example of how traditional ecological knowledge can inform and enhance scientific research.
"It suggests that Aboriginal oral traditions may have endured for up to 30,000 years, and lends further weight to the idea that some Aboriginal myths pertaining to gigantic animals may be authentic records of extinct megafauna."
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Aboriginal Appleseed, ping.
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How fascinating, people actually planted trees!
Hooda thunkit?
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And yet there are some who reject direct evidence (not to mention legends in other people groups) of the validity of the Biblical account of the world.
That said, I think most legends have some basic kernel of truth. We don’t listen to the ancients enough!
Thanks for posting, very interesting.
The ancients had much more wisdom then this current society. They knew the sun controlled climate. And they knew how to bake wedding cakes.
They confirmed that it was “gods” that did it?
Really?
“...subsequently we discover an Aboriginal legend is exactly what we found scientifically.”
Exactly? So...who were these “gods” that brought the seeds from the north?
Gods like Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln.
Thanks Theoria.
And Yahweh Appleseed...
More like Yahweh Ben Franklin. That was high tech for that time.
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