• JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org
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    9 days ago

    Your sharepic is also quite misleading - yes, menstruation occurs approx. every 28 days, but the lunar month is also 29,5 days and we know of many calendar systems and ancient cultures that used lunar months. Which makes sense as moon phases are easy to observe and kind of align with the year. So that could be some stone age woman tracking her period, but it could also be a male priest tracking the moon.

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      9 days ago

      Pretty sure thats the point tho, there are often multiple different explanations for each mystery. So having a diverse group of archeologists is beneficial to get as many theories as possible.

      So the ‘gotcha’ by the professor probs isnt a ‘this is definitely the only explanation’, it’s just to have the students question their biases and seek diverse opinions.