Origin of Gods word

Do you think they would have noticed or found it significant, though, if they hadn't also noticed that the women were bleeding every 28 days as well?I don't think you can discount menstruation in the development of the calendar.This message has been edited by crashfrog, 10-03-2004 01:02 PM

Right, but who would give a damn? Why on Earth would anyone find the phases of the moon significant enough to model? But the development of the calendar predates sea travel.

You seem pretty sure that it was a man who invented the calendar. Do you think that maybe women might have a vested interest in predicting when a load of blood was going to issue from their bodies?Predicting the tide or the phase of the moon in a non-seafaring civilization is somehow more important than predicting when your women are going to have difficulty hunting for food or are going to be the target of predation? I'm surprised that you don't recognize the significance of mensturation to a hunter-gathering people.

I disagree. My wife does it with considerable faculty. How, otherwise, would women know if their periods are late or not? In a world of tampons and sanitary pads, no, they're not. You don't think the release of blood would have repercussions for predators that hunt by smell? I'm going to presume, by your username, that I'm having this conversation with one who does not mensturate. Not that I do, either. That hardly has any relevance for the origin of calendars in non-seafaring cultures. What is the relevance of tides to a mountain peoples, for instance?Mensturation is the only 28-day cycle common to all humans, not just some.

They can do that now, yes.But we're talking about the time before writing, before numbers, before mathematics of any kind. What we're talking about is people making notches on sticks.You've got the timeframe way wrong. I don't believe that most women would agree that their flow constitutes "a little blood." Apparently you've got all your ideas about menstrual flow from tampon ads. Hint - it's not a clear blue liquid. If you can't offer a substantial rebuttal, please offer none at all. The Azteks kept some pretty accurate calendars. Do you believe they did so for the benefit of non-existent Aztek sailors? Are we arguing about two differnent things? It appears so. You're hung up on the development of accurate, predictive calendars. I'm talking about the invention of keeping track of time. Yes, DB. That's the point. Menstruation was the stimulation for humans to begin counting days. Hence, the invention of calendars.

I was talking about the invention of timekeeping. Because they lived in the mountains and built no boats?