It looks like someone read "Common Source Theory for Dummies". You're isolating one tiny part of a theory and using it to try and discredit an entire line of thought.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I say.
Common Source Theory is really more about why all cultures seem to have consistenently simmilar myths and memes. Not that it's not all a pile of crap, but at least get what it is you think is crap straight. Pyramids and monoliths are an easy example, not the theory. Disproving the causal relationship of the easy example does nothing to discredit the theory.
While I personally think the theory is a load, the better arguments in favor of it are made around myths and tradtions. Why was sacrafice such a common theme. Why are the hero myths so simmilar.
Blah blah blah.
Oh, and in the 8 million or so years of human existance (or whatever million of years it turns out to be I picked that number arbitrarily) I think it fairly unlikely that no one figured out farming untill 8,000 years ago. More likely just any trace of tose "civilizations" is lost to time.
Edited, Wed Jun 16 07:47:12 2004 by Smasharoo
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Didnt the nomads develop farming? I think its called the Neolithic revolution...First tribes of ppl that I can think of...F.Y.I Neanderthols(cant remember the spelling!) existed died out during ice age i think because they couldnt addapt to any weather or climate change unlike the other ppl!
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Ok...as far as the whole farming from 8k years ago..i don't know. i have my opion but hey no one knows for sure so why waiste time..but for the war..here. Taru..every year up around were i live (down for most people) they do hundreds of civil war re-enactments.. now as for my favorite time in history.. ancient china right round 200bc to 200ad..you know like the romance of the three kingdoms games.. China has the most cultrually rich history..not to mention the biggest graveyard in the world..and it's right in their own backyard lol..well that's me. im new and im here to tell it like i see it.
Lol Smash. I just picked two aspects to talk about. My post was long enough already. Also, I was *spefically* talking about structures, not myths and legends.
There's some validity to the myths and legends bit (which is why I didn't talk about it), but not necessarily to the same degree. People moved around a fair bit back then. Stories spread. There's quite a bit of evidence to support that most of the Exodus story comes from bits and pieces of about 3 different myths from Eqypt and Messopotamia.
But I also agree that the idea of a single common source is silly.
There's some validity to the myths and legends bit (which is why I didn't talk about it), but not necessarily to the same degree. People moved around a fair bit back then. Stories spread. There's quite a bit of evidence to support that most of the Exodus story comes from bits and pieces of about 3 different myths from Eqypt and Messopotamia.
But I also agree that the idea of a single common source is silly.
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There's some validity to the myths and legends bit (which is why I didn't talk about it)
that's why most people don't talk about it.... it's uncomfortable against the grain.
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