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Originally Posted by Ricky D'Angelo
This may seem like an obvious point however civilization as we know could not have developed without a system of written transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next. There was probably a few nomadic cultures in existence not so long ago who may not have fully utilized writing but passed on their cultural heritage through oral tradition, cultural artificats or the medium of language itself.
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Many of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia were not nomadic, had established villages and long-standing agriculture/aquaculture fields and structures and land management practices. They were grinding grain and baking bread long before anyone in the Middle East or Europe was. They had (and still have) incredibly complex and generationally-transmitted knowledge and stories though oral tradition, songs, dance, and visual art.