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:''"It was he'' [Gilgamesh] ''who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway, who restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed!'' | :''"It was he'' [Gilgamesh] ''who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway, who restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed!'' | ||
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The development of symbolic language seemingly coincides with the decline in human longevity. Perhaps it was the shortened human lifespan that caused people to feel the need to write down their experiences or what had been learned. There had become a sense of urgency to preserve ones essence in some permanent form. It may have been this reduction in life expectancy more than anything else that induced the formation of the written word and ultimately the technological achievements we have made. When people lived to be 1000 years of age there was little need to archive knowledge externally. | The development of symbolic language seemingly coincides with the decline in human longevity. Perhaps it was the shortened human lifespan that caused people to feel the need to write down their experiences or what had been learned. There had become a sense of urgency to preserve ones essence in some permanent form. It may have been this reduction in life expectancy more than anything else that induced the formation of the written word and ultimately the technological achievements we have made. When people lived to be 1000 years of age there was little need to archive knowledge externally. | ||
== Giant Organisms == | |||
The atmospheric or climatic conditions during the antediluvian world are a source of much speculation. We now know the ancient atmosphere had oxygen levels of 30-35% resulting in giant insects, 50% higher than today's oxygen level of 20%.<ref>Than, Ker (2011, August 8). "[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110808-ancient-insects-bugs-giants-oxygen-animals-science/ Why Giant Bugs Once Roamed the Earth]." ''Nature''.</ref><ref>Choi, Charles Q. (2006, October 10). "[http://www.livescience.com/1083-oxygen-giant-bugs.html More Oxygen Could Make Giant Bugs]." ''LiveScience''.</ref> | |||
* [http://news.discovery.com/animals/giant-whale-fossil.html Giant Whale-Eating Whale Found] The skull of the 12–13 million-year-old sperm whale fossil found off the coast of Peru measures an astounding 10 feet long. ''DiscoveryNews'', Jun 30, 2010. | |||
== Archaeology == | == Archaeology == | ||
