Common witch burning: S.Africa & Papua New Guinea

[A***@gmail.com]

Dig this: January 08, 2009: By Saeed Ahmed CNN
A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a
log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because
villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.
Also: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21363894 ...etc.
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Consider that according to latest theory:
homo sapien evolved in East Africa 1..2 Million years ago.
Waves of them migrated 'out of africa' and spread over the globe.
Continental-drift is not significant in the period, although ice-age/s would
have lowered sea levels, allowing crossing present sea boundries.
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How many generations separate the golliwogs in PNG from those in Soweto, with
*NO* social contact to transfer customs/behaviour? They don't even KNOW about
each other; like a cat in Peru doesn't know about cats in Poland, that it 'should
imitate'. The near identical behaviour must be carried in the genes.
Would you expect the behavior in Scotland and Siberia, to have been the same,
1000 years ago, when there was no communication to homogenise behaviour?

[Steve Hayes]

Post by A***@gmail.com
Dig this: January 08, 2009: By Saeed Ahmed CNN
A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a
log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because
villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.
Also: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21363894 ...etc.
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homo sapien evolved in East Africa 1..2 Million years ago.
Waves of them migrated 'out of africa' and spread over the globe.
Continental-drift is not significant in the period, although ice-age/s would
have lowered sea levels, allowing crossing present sea boundries.
==
How many generations separate the golliwogs in PNG from those in Soweto, with
*NO* social contact to transfer customs/behaviour? They don't even KNOW about
each other; like a cat in Peru doesn't know about cats in Poland, that it 'should
imitate'. The near identical behaviour must be carried in the genes.
Would you expect the behavior in Scotland and Siberia, to have been the same,
1000 years ago, when there was no communication to homogenise behaviour?

I doubt if it was going on in Scotland and Siberia 1000 years ago, but it was
certainly going on in Scotland 500 years ago.

Switzerland persecuted presumed witches longer than any other country in
Europe. In relation to its population, it also executed the most people for
the crime of witchcraft. An exhibition at Chillon castle sheds light on witch
trials in canton Vaud, which used to be a stronghold of witch persecution.