View Single Post Old November 26 2012, 03:15 PM   #26
Christopher's Avatar Re: Why no comment on the number of human
species?  ^As I stated, it's impossible that they'd been there
for millennia. The only credible possibility is that they were
taken in the 17th or 18th century. This is something too many
people overlook: That the Preservers are a group from modern
times, not ancient times or prehistory.  But yes, there would
have to be multiple population centers. We're talking about
cultures that were at least semi-migratory, and from the look of
their dwellings, that hadn't changed in the centuries since
their abduction. It's reasonable to expect that they branched
out into multiple bands/villages of a size that was sustainable
for that kind of subsistence pattern, spread out far enough that
each had enough territory to provide necessary resources.  Also,
we know they had fighters, like Salish, so it follows logically
that they had rivals. Like their ancestors, they probably had
periodic raids or warfare bet