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Delta Goes Big, Then Goes Home
The problem with that definition is that "prehistoric" is a lot more recent than people realize in the Americas.
hnaccy
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Interestingly the Klamath people have an oral history of the eruption of Mount Mazama and formation of Crater Lake over 7000 years ago.
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I wouldn't trust that one bit. Have you ever played telephone? 7000 years is a lot of generations, it's likely completely inaccurate.
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That's incredibly interesting. Does it line up with the geographical record?
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Just a few days ago there was a village in Canada discovered thanks to oral tradition. It has been dated thousands of years older than the pyramids
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