Re: Moon hopping around?


jmfbahciv@xxxxxxx wrote:

If you assume that lifespans back then were short, I've always wondered
how long cycles such as this were learned by observation. It can
explain how religions started.

The average life span may have been shorter, but given semi-settled
conditions, some people lived to be ancients. Perhaps their respect as
elders was increased, because there were few of them.

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