She's dragging all her words, giving them new skins

[sovay]

Happy autumn. I just read that DNA evidence affirms that Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilization on Earth. I find it equally wonderful that in the same way that all humans of non-African descent contain some percentage of Neanderthal DNA, all humans of Indigenous Australian descent contain about 4% genetic admixture from "an unknown archaic population . . . that is closer to Denisovans but also sharing a common ancestor with Neanderthals," i.e., people on this planet we didn't even know about. On being told this last fact, my mother said promptly that she expected it was the gods. I don't know if the deities of Australian myth are the kind that have children, but I like that she thinks of this sort of thing first.

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[tam_nonlinear]

What I can recall of a long ago college course that touched in Aboriginal folklore and mythology did have a fair bit about the other humans that lived in the land, Mimi and others, that sometimes interbred with humans and sometimes ate them.

[sovay]

What I can recall of a long ago college course that touched in Aboriginal folklore and mythology did have a fair bit about the other humans that lived in the land, Mimi and others, that sometimes interbred with humans and sometimes ate them.

That's cool. Thank you!

[dhampyresa]

It's Hairypeople! /been thinking about Cleverman lately

[sovay]

It's Hairypeople! /been thinking about Cleverman lately

You win this secret history.

[dhampyresa]

Have you watched Cleverman? It's such a good show! I can't wait for season 2.

[sovay]

Have you watched Cleverman? It's such a good show! I can't wait for season 2.

I have not watched Cleverman, but I've read about hairy people in Australian folklore. Tell me about the show?

[dhampyresa]

Cleverman's an Australian TV show written/directed/acted/etc mostly by Aboriginal Australian people and it posits that (at least) two facts about Australian folklore are real: the Hairypeople exist and there is a Cleverman to serve as bridge between our world and the Dreaming. It's pretty heavy handed on some issues (the Hairypeople are parked into zones and treated as sub-human, for ex), but I quite like it and S1 is only six episodes, so it's a quick watch.

[sovay]

Cleverman's an Australian TV show written/directed/acted/etc mostly by Aboriginal Australian people and it posits that (at least) two facts about Australian folklore are real: the Hairypeople exist and there is a Cleverman to serve as bridge between our world and the Dreaming.

That sounds great.

[dhampyresa]

It is great! The trailer is here.

[yhlee]

Happy autumn!

[sovay]

Happy autumn!

Thank you! It . . . isn't really behaving like it yet, but I can hope!

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

"It’s almost like two guys entering a village and saying ‘guys, now we have to speak another language and use another stone tool and they have a little bit of sex in that village and then they disappear again.”

:)

[sovay]

"It’s almost like two guys entering a village and saying ‘guys, now we have to speak another language and use another stone tool and they have a little bit of sex in that village and then they disappear again.”

It's the Clan of the Cave Bear theory of history . . .

[thanate.livejournal.com]

This is glorious; thank you for sharing it!

[sovay]

This is glorious; thank you for sharing it!

You're welcome! It made me so happy.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

That's awesome!

A had my DNA tested last year, and I am indeed part Neanderthal. :-)

[sovay]

That's awesome!

I really like that the Indigenous Australian response has been basically, "Well, yes, weren't you listening?" because they have myths that accurately record volcanic events and geological shifts as far back as the Pleistocene.

A had my DNA tested last year, and I am indeed part Neanderthal.

That's really cool. How and/or where did you get the test done?

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

that is so cool, I am not yet to the most current writings on DNA, I am up to 2012 books on the subject now... I will get to 2016 soon.

[sovay]

that is so cool, I am not yet to the most current writings on DNA, I am up to 2012 books on the subject now... I will get to 2016 soon.

2016 is doing pretty well, I'd say.

What are you currently reading?