Many traditional cultures do not always have a dividing line between scientific fact and oral traditions. The more we learn about the early Neolithic period, the more we come to understand that elements of scientific truth resonate in many generations-old stories, even though we originally had no scientific proof of their validity. Discuss how modern scholars might look at early oral stories from China, Africa, and the Indus River Valley. Are they pure myth? Or could they be historical? Do different cultures perceive history differently?