Former human universal: Subject-Object-Verb word order http://www.pnas.org/content/108/42/17290.full … (fascinating language evolution stuff)
@Jayarava wait, the amazon summary says he is defending a single "out-of-Africa" origin for mythology - incorrect summary?
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@sarahdoingthing when modern humans left Africa they already had collections of myths organised in a common story arc. -
That story arc is not singular, but has common features in Africa, Australia and New Guinea and other places settled early on by MH.
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