Congo vs. Amazon

[Teuthida]

Just read up on them. Not sure how they'd be considered primitive.

Thought you might have been referring to the Piraha at first. They have no concept of numbers, unable to count higher than two (there's one, two, and many), no words for colors, no written language, no collective memory going back more than two generations, tell no fictional stories, have no art, no creation myths. A lot of other weird stuff too. Fascinating people. A number of articles about their lack of numbers, but this covers their culture pretty succinctly:

http://www.jcrows.com/withoutnumbers.html

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Just read up on them. Not sure how they'd be considered primitive.

Thought you might have been referring to the Piraha at first. They have no concept of numbers, unable to count higher than two (there's one, two, and many), no words for colors, no written language, no collective memory going back more than two generations, tell no fictional stories, have no art, no creation myths. A lot of other weird stuff too. Fascinating people. A number of articles about their lack of numbers, but this covers their culture pretty succinctly:

http://www.jcrows.com/withoutnumbers.html

Not primtive? You're being sarcastic, right? You just described how primitive they are.

[Teuthida]

You said Yanomamo. I was describing the Piraha.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

You said Yanomamo. I was describing the Piraha.

Oh, thought you said Pirahna (sp?), like the fish.

Yeah, sound like the Piraha are more primitive. Keep in mind I learned about the Yanomamo in 1998(?) when I was in college, so opinion might have changed since then.

They WHISTLE THEIR LANGUAGE?? Thats just awesome.