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Which is why they went with vehicle instead. A travois is a vehicle, absolutely.
spelling was never my thing, but show me one person who's first mental image is a travois when they read vehicle. That being said... it's still pretty interesting :)
I expect most wouldn't have the familiarity required to have that specific mental image, but perhaps something equally primitive? It is not like they would think there was a 22,000-year-old Lamborghini.
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spelling was never my thing, but show me one person who's first mental image is a travois when they read vehicle. That being said... it's still pretty interesting :)
> show me one person who's first mental image is a travois when they read vehicle. I expect most wouldn't have the familiarity required to have that specific mental image, but perhaps something equally primitive? It is not like they would think there was a 22,000-year-old Lamborghini.
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> show me one person who's first mental image is a travois when they read vehicle. I expect most wouldn't have the familiarity required to have that specific mental image, but perhaps something equally primitive? It is not like they would think there was a 22,000-year-old Lamborghini.
I think the critism is that it sounds like some ancient aliens type of thing, but in fact its an interesting and dorky article about a cool discovery.
Very cool, but I thought this was going to be ancient-technology bullshit. I'd love to see quotes around "vehicle", or a different word.
I question why you, and so many others here, are so hung up the use of the word vehicle. Even if you weren't aware of the usage of drag type vehicles in the early Americas, you would at least envision something like a wagon, right? Or do you automatically assume vehicle is only self-propelled things like modern cars?
2 sticks tied together that can carry supplies or a child. "Vehicles" is really stretching it.
Only if you don't agree with the definition of vehicle.