I am none too convinced by the evidence of the Australian aborigines stories. They are so vague they could just be made up.<p>To give you an idea how unlikely a story would survive being passed down for 10,000 years is, the Tasmanian aborigines lost the ability to fish and and even start fire [1]. Given the critical nature of this information to survival how likely is it that a random story with no survival value would last 10,000 years?<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scienceblogs.com&#x2F;gregladen&#x2F;2010&#x2F;08&#x2F;08&#x2F;why-did-the-tasmanians-stop-ea&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scienceblogs.com&#x2F;gregladen&#x2F;2010&#x2F;08&#x2F;08&#x2F;why-did-the-tas...</a>