<<On what basis do you say that the story could not be carried orally?
What is the data you want to bring to the table to prove your point?>>
Pprove a negative? That is something you've always insisted can't be done.
Which shall it be?
<<I really am not sure how the information was passed down, revelation or oral
transmission.>>
We can leave it at that. I would rather say, without any supporting evidence,
we cannot suppose "tradition" until culture begins. And I don't see much
culture 5.5 million years ago.
Jim