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Anthropology

Demeter

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5. I always wondered if

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2014, 08:16 AM

Feb 2014

a translation error, changing months to years, accounted for the longevity numbers for Methuselah and such. After all, they were using the moon cycles. The climate in the Middle East may not have varied as dramatically as it does further north, where solar years are much more identifiable and star patterns much more variable....

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Camel Bones and Jerusalem: Archeology Shows Bible Written Late, Full of Errors [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2014 OP

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It's pretty much all bullshit...... wolfie001 Feb 2014 #3

Australia is way far away, full of weird critters, and doesn't count. Shrike47 Feb 2014 #4

I always wondered if Demeter Feb 2014 #5

Interesting information based on DNA analysis. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #8

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