[expatpat]

Reminds me of the 'experts' and the famous Easter Island figures/monoliths. They couldn't understand how the builders got these huge lengths of rock from the only source, way up in the mountains, to their sites near the sea.

They asked the natives, who told them "they walked down", which was quickly dismissed, of course, as primitive superstition. Later, some smarter fellow figured out that the huge pieces were moved by alternately tilting them on corners and rotating them. We've all used that method at some time.

They really were walked down the mountain.

[js1138]

I've seen recent film of Easter islanders finishing, moving, and erecting a monolith with primitive tools and methods.

Is the article arguing there were no geniuses before modern times?