Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded
I was surprised they didn't mention the Pleiades constellation in the Star Stories section. Today, only 6 stars can be seen with the naked eye in the constellation. However, both European and Aboriginal traditions describe them as "seven sisters". It could of course be coincidence, but considering the fact that astronomical extrapolation calculates the movement of the stars to indeed have once been visible as seven, it might actually be evidence of a shared story. The maths puts the last period of the Pleiades appearing as seven, at around 100,000 years ago.<p>The Pleiades Folklore Wikipedia page has loads of interesting general info about the constellation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_and_liter...</a><p>And Youtuber Crecganford has a video with well-sourced academic references exploring the idea that The Seven Sisters is humanity's oldest story: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qyjKND3dAE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qyjKND3dAE</a>