Tsurugi Wrote:
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> ...
> Even with metal-rimmed wheels, there is still the
> problem of ox-drawn carts following the same path
> so precisely, and repeating it enough times as to
> make deep ruts which their wheels could not
> escape. This is the process which I feel needs to
> be demonstrated. IMO, it won't be, because it is
> ludicrous. This is ignored only because
> alternatives are altogether unpalatable to
> mainstream thinking.

I think this is the most damning part of that story. There is no logical scenario in which a cart would follow the exact same path to make such clearly defined ruts. Rather, any ruts caused by many thousands of cart runs long such a terrain would leave broad, shallow valleys around the tracks that represent the slight deviation from an exact path. Such broad shallow recesses would gradually slip into a central deeper rut as additional cart runs ensue, but that's not what we see. There is also no evidence of any beast of burden having applied any traction to the bedrock representing an effort to haul such huge weights that would cause that kind of 'erosion' into such stone. So what's the energy source of the authors' model?




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 27-Nov-17 15:49 by Origyptian.