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Lordandmaster -> RE: There isn't such a thing as 'races' in humanity. (8/8/2007 3:40:32 PM)
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Well, just two things. (I don't really want to go too deeply into this because it's clear that you're convinced of your views.)
First, you don't know what they were like when the Egyptians wrote about them. You weren't there. For that matter, you don't even know that the Egyptians were talking about the same people we call Mbuti. It's just an assumption.
Second, they have been trading for centuries with nearby villagers. The culture of those villagers has obviously changed dramatically over the past 6,000 years, and so, naturally, has the relationship between the Mbuti and the outside world. That right there is a crucial element of culture. And it has changed over time.
For that matter, the Mbuti are not "pre-Stone Age," no matter what Colin Turnbull may have said. They use bows and arrows. Human beings did not use bows and arrows before the Stone Age. And they trade for iron goods. Obviously, no one used iron goods before the Stone Age. "Pre-Stone Age" is one of those imprecise but arresting phrases that people like to use in order to make their statements seem more sensational than they really are. Think about it--what does "pre-Stone Age" mean? All human beings everywhere use tools of some kind.
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
So THAT'S the "6000-year-old tribe" you've been talking about.
Well, the idea that their culture hasn't changed in 6000 years (which is what you were arguing in some other thread) is absurd.
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx
Consider the Mbuti....more than 6000 years, isolated gene pool of limited size...what do you make of that?
Since they were pre stone age when the ancient Egyptians first wrote about them 6000 years ago and Colin Turnbull, who studied them in the late twentieth century says that they are still pre stone age what do you find absurd?
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