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Exploring oral tradition in the present

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Exploring oral traditions with Science

• The story of the Cohanim gene - Aaron's descendants

• The Lemba tribe of South Africa - A far-flung branch of the Cohanim

• Loch Ness monster - Is it related to Great Glen Fault?

• Noah's flood - Catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea

• The Oracle of Delphi - Was her trance induced by hydrocarbon fumes?
  de Boer, Jelle, 2001, Geology, Aug. 2001

• Nunn, Patrick D., 2001, On the convergence of myth and reality: examples from the Pacific Islands, The Geographic Journal, V. 167, No. 2, pp.125-138

• Duffield, Wendell, 2001, At Least Noah had some warning, EOS, V. 82, No. 28, p. 305. - About a Mexican tradition related to floods of boiling water from a volcanic crater lake

• Showstack, Randy, 2001, Natural Disasters Linked to Collapse of some indigenous populations, EOS, V. 82, No. 3, p. 25. - An unknown epidemic linked to weather cycles.

• Date and time of Van Gogh paintings, through astronomy Rising Moon - Haycocks White House at Night

• Astronomy in Art, History, and Literature at Texas State University, San Marcos
• Delgamuukw - Canadian First Nations land-rights court decision. The Supreme Court of Canada invalidated a decision rendered by a judge who refused to consider Native oral tradition. This is a step toward acceptance of First Nations oral traditions in legal cases.

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