Maturity. There's a vast difference between what you've written and the ideals held by Martinez and other ignorant disciples of ubunja (that one called our sisters and mothers Pússy Cartel).
Lmao the two people mentioned only speak to people that they can communicate Igbo language with. If they are speaking to indigenous Ijaws y'all shouldn't be worried cuz they won't be able to understand each other.
If you are indeed Putit know this sir, I am grateful. You, Ubunja and a few others helped me immensely in so many ways that I can't elucidate. God bless you.
JESHAL: Redpill content to consume on YouTube; Tom lykis Fresh and fit podcast Kelvin samuels Rationale male
Fresh and Fit made this shit so mainstream that I nearly panicked for obvious reasons, when people's get such good content for free they often misinterpret, take it for granted or even worse try to accommodate women's feelings thereby watering it down and infusing some bluepill concept and make it come of as redpill.
The game is to be sold not told. Many know redpill is the cure but how many are willing to take the dosage no matter how bitter, that's why me personally want men to come from a place of hurt and suffering cause adversity makes men. It's the heartbreaks, the cheating, the scarcity, the betrayal, the burden of performance that burns us refines the gold.
A man really needs to know that he is already at a statistical disadvantage in life just being born a man and he must become.
Cause being rejected, cheated on, accused of rape and nearly got in prison or killed for it, getting flushed in divorce court, never fuçking a virgin in as much as the society paints women as the angels of the earth that don't want to be soiled is what will make you understand and appreciate the redpill. But if none of these or something similar to the male problems that are being discussed has happened to you then why would you get a fuçk about the redpill? Everything we will be saying will be sounding like bollocks.
F&F are doing a very good job and everyone hairy cuñt feminist is out to get them, even some the so called pua redpillers because they have being doing this for years without getting that kind of attention wants them to fall, first was they can't get girls, next was one bitçh accusing Myron for rape. Smh are you there for the message or are you so concerned on how many pussies another man plants his diçk? Like Rollo would say; to make sure you are in the right frame make sure your mental point of origin is your innate masculine imperative not a woman's feelings" cause HFV is a deadly disease.
ubunja: nice,, I actually had a friend with such a sister too. I think I mentioned it here before. Some sisters are the gift that keeps giving. You don't have a sister you say? How about cousins?
We are not close, neither in relating nor location.
ubunja: To all the Single guys,, if you've female cousins and female work colleagues you vibe with , Get in the habit of asking them to introduce you to a friend they think you may click with. Don't sleep on those introductions. They do work. And they're many times better and more productive than cold approaching Women on the street ,,, and in terms of labor, definitely more fruitful than even being Chosen, especially if you have problems identifying choosing signals. Women listen to women and trust women above men and having a woman make a case for you with another woman will always be better than engaging and seducing a woman yourself. The added bonus with introductions is that they are a passive way of getting girls, you literally don't have to lift a finger. You don't even have to talk to the girl until she's brought to you. The most that'll be required from you is maybe your pics. And even then, if you're like every guy out there your pics are already on your social media so no one may even directly ask for the pics.
Go ahead try it. You've nothing to lose.
All the virgins my friend fuçked, his sister introduced them to him, made me wish I had a sister
Martinez39s: Ubunja really tried a lot and he earned all the respect he has. At a time, and for a long while, Ubunja was the face of the red pill on nairaland. Even the creator of this thread, GLYCOLYSISS, was once somewhat of a blue pill fellow on nairaland some years back; he slowly became redpilled around the time of Ubunja's miseducations and the time of others, myself included.
The time I really gained hoped that anyone can be saved was when a certain nwaezeemannuel (the former Ozo of nairaland) became a redpiller and started sympathising with us. Good old days for those that can remember.
Who remembers Putit? I don't recall him calling it redpill then but his threads were beautiful, I don't know why he chose to deactivate his account.
His threads focused more on masculine excellence and how men should act and not simp. I don't remember names or have links to those threads (anyone that remember any of them should please post the link to those threads) but I'll always remember this one not just for what he preached there but how women didn't want such message to get to guys; they shamed men endlessly in that thread even tho Putit was holding men accountable smh, it was their selfish nature playing out and not wanting men to think for a second and realize that they were actually acting stupid in the name of trying to get laid. Here's the thread https://www.nairaland.com/3757217/men-getting-weaker-women-getting I would call this guy's thread my glitch in the matrix.
Then from his threads I discovered similar ones like Harddon, respect to that guy. Game is an important aspect of this game and he was an expertise in that department, but to me it was like being given expo in the exam hall, you'll pass but what happens when you get called in by the panel for defense?
Now that's where Ubunja comes in, he was the hero that most of us needed and not only did he connect the dots he showed us why things are not the way we taught they were. That thread explaining why guys are like that and girls are like this was monumental to the understanding of male and female sexual dynamics; his awareness of female nature was unmatched and it gave many maybe not a solid win but a least a fighting chance!.
I remember one time he was asked what motivated him to write the miseducations and he replied; "I am tired of men that was meant to conquer and dominate the world being conquered by something as small as pussy". Now gentleman that's a noble and enough reason for me. #Respect!
ubunja: it's funny how red pill dating coaches in the US are coming out against the Passport bros.... could it be they're protecting their financial interests, since the more men go to Brazil, Colombia etc for women, the less the men will need the coaching sessions of these experts?
Yeah I see that but women are women no matter where they are, and the woman you have to game the most is your wife.
ubunja: okay here's one of the unfinished Miseducations i left hanging when i abruptly stopped writing. I wrote this I think a year or so ago, I hope it makes sense:
THE MAN WHO SITS AT THE TOP OF THE SEX PYRAMID.
There's a sexual hierarchy in society. Levels, if you will. Like the levels on a pyramid. The Incels sit at the bottom getting no pussy, above are the Simps, used for their resources but getting breadcrumbs, above them sit the Betas, or the "patriarchy" - our fathers and most men. These are the "alpha providers" women settle down with. Above this group sit the PUAs, the Pick Up Artists who trick women into bed. Women have a special kind of hate for these fellows. Above these fellows are the Alphas, the Red Pillers, many of whom are former Betas played by women but who now know their worth. Above them are the Players, Thugs, Bad Boys, Chads, Tyrones, criminals and all those men in prison, these are the sexual alphas, but social failures. They get the best and the most sex but manu are uneducated, broke and jobless. They have the best genes, and are the most gorgeous and the most fertile of men. They're the Sexual Imprint of virtually every girl because girls lose their virginity here. Women want to get pregnant here. Single mothers are made here. And wet coochies go here. When women are younger and fresher and wanna experience life they go here. It is women's previously unknown preference for this group that is pushing many men to the Red Pill.
Let's move on,,,,Above these men sit gigolos, male prostitutes, male strippers, exotic dancers, massage therapists and personal trainers, - men paid by women for sex. Where men traditionally are the ones who buy sex, the sheer sexiness and bed skills of this group is enough to flip the script and force women to break with tradition and pay for sex.
AND FINALLY, OVER AND ABOVE EVERYONE, sitting at the very top of the sex pyramid, dominating the sexual hierarchy, chosen and tutored by prostitutes and dealing only with them, is a Man the French call the Maquereau. Or the Mackerel. Who is known in the west as the Mack. But is universally known as the Pïmp.
Beyond this Man whom prostitutes pick, build and then pay to have sex with, who moves in a world opposite every man's - there's no one. He is the best of the best. The Game in the flesh. PUA and Red Pill philosophy is actually a watered down version of Pímp's game.
But hold on,,,, while there's no one greater than the pímp in the game, while no man is better than him when it comes to women, there's Someone equal to him. Someone who matches him and with whom he shares the top spot. Someone who knows what he knows and who moves how he moves. This Someone inhabits an entirely different world, but that is as filled with women and pussy as the pímp's own world is. Time and again this Someone hits the news for his sexual debauchery and scandals but is judged far less harshly and always given a pass. And it's not surprising that many pímps when they retire, they become him.
This Someone is the Preacher.
Outside of the Pímp, no son of Adam dominates women as completely as the Preacher. Besides the pímp no other man understands female psychology as intimately as the Preacherman.
And it definitely doesn't help that many pímps have preacher-like monikers, eg the pímps Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan, Minister Seamore and Pastor Troy: Video title - "Pímp Interview: Pastor Troy"
Add to that the pímps' penchant for quoting scripture and oftentimes referring to the IZM as the "gospel"; hearing a pímp talk is no different from hearing a preacher preach.
But it is the pímps who retire to be preachers that is the master stroke. This is an impossibly genius move that takes the pímps from one world of women to another world of women. From pussy to pussy. It's almost as if women escape the pímp on the streets only to meet him at the pulpit. And terrible is the financial and sexual exploitation women have experienced in the hands of the Pulpit Pímp.
He has more power over their minds and emotions than their own husbands. And they would rather disappoint their husbands than disappoint him. You only have to see how women's faces light up when they talk about the preacher, fondly calling him, "my pastor" or "the dear Man of God". You only have to see the massive female following preachers have. How women vastly outnumber men in their congregations. Then you'll appreciate the scale of the pímping that is afoot against the female gender. Observant men are starting to joke, "if you want coochie, start a church!" It used to be, "If you want money start a church!" Now with the nonstop rumors, sex exposés and scandals it's becoming clear that churches are as rich in pussy as they are in money.
I know to you this miseducation is unfinished and I've seen you literally post great miseducations without creating a thread for it but this one should not be one of em, even though you are yet to add the finishing touches post and re-edit later cause this is just pure gold!
ubunja: as men we can either scratch our heads trying to make sense of how modern women think and operate, or we can simply assume the persona of the type of man they love dealing with and become that man. If the Player is what women want then we'll be players in our own right. There's two options modern men have: either we force women to change or we give women what they want. And the easiest most realistic option is to give women what they want, ie be what their perverted souls are craving for. Forcing women to be what men want isn't going to work anymore cause government, media, businesses and simps are all fighting on the side of women. The only man a woman will listen to is her father. And red pill guys have long ago made it clear they don't want daughters (there was a thread about this, can someone who remembers it provide the link), daughters are seen as too much of a headache and a disaster waiting to happen, everyone wants a son. Which doesn't make sense, because if we're saying modern women are useless and men are suffering because of this, how then does bringing a son into this messy world benefit you or your son. You're just dooming him to the same struggles you're enduring.
Any who, the point is we can either whine about women or we can adapt and fit into this new reality. Cause its not changing anytime soon. If women go for players at their prime, then, as much as possible, we need to adopt the qualities and mindsets of these players to stay relevant. Being good and being respectable and responsible is not going to do anyone any favours. Cause I can tell you right now the men deflowering women, getting pucc thrown at them and the men being given babies are players. The players are the ones whose genes and bloodlines are getting pushed into the future. Meanwhile the gentleman's dicc is gathering dust in his trousers and his sperm is gathering mould in his balls. Being a player is trashy and beneath the standards of the average man, but if trashy is what these women want, trashy is what they'll get. The dragon must be unleashed. Is it not women who raised us to be gentlemen? Is it not our own mothers and aunts who urged us on the path of being responsible men? Its them. Its women. Then putting aside the respectable man and becoming the irresponsible heartless, trashy man is still learning from women. Either way, we're still being shaped by women. No one must say "I can't be this and that just because of women!" Niggr what you already are, the attitudes and mindsets you're fiercely holding on to, they were fostered on you by women in the first place.
The redpill does have a way of opening ones eye in a way that you'll never look at things the same again. If after reading the bolded and your eyes do not get opened then you deserve to be blind muthafucka!
The moment you start asking "how will I get this girl,"....is the same moment you'll begin to lose her, because you've become emotionally attached to her already.
But I'll try to answer your question in the best possible way I can.
There are 2 key advice I got in my younger days that changed my game with ladies....
Let dive into it quickly.
1. The number one advice: Back in my younger years, I started rolling with this dude(let's call him lucky). Getting girls wasn't Lucky's problem, infact he changed babes anyhow. I always wonder how he did it... because Lucky was just a normal guy like me. I was still naive and relatively inexperienced with girls at that time, so I didn't know what's up.
Everything became clearer when I and lucky went to a party(fresher's night). It was truly an eye-opening experience.. The moment we enter the party, Lucky disappeared from my side... I started looking for him.
The next place I saw him was in the midst 3 beautiful ladies(ok, one of the girls was not that fine tho)... He was busy just teasing them and playing with them... Soon he left them and go talk to another random girl... I was just following him about and observing him. He was basically talking to any girl that came near him. While I was standing there scared of saying hi to any girl because, just like you, I was very sensitive to my surroundings so i was afraid of talking to a girl in front of other people. I later left him to go about my own business in the party...About 20 minutes later, Lucky met me, and he was smiling and was holding hands with a dark skinned thick lady who also seem excited. He met her that night in the party...After introducing me to the girl, He said, “bro, we'll see some other time, I'm leaving with her.. I wanna know her place."
Before he left with her, I quickly call him aside and asked him, " guy, you were just flowing with these girls throughout the night and now you are leaving with these sexy girl...which jazz are you using?" He laughed and said, "You're not bad looking as a guy but your problem is that you often hesitate too much," I said, "how?" "Look, I don't have time for long talk, my miss sexy is waiting for me," he said, pointing at the thick lady.
In few seconds him and the lady were out of my sight.
That night, after reasoning what Lucky said, I realized he was right; I hesitated too much. Instead of simply going to talk the girl and maybe asking her out, I'll stand there in hesitation, analyzing everything and worrying and thinking too much. And that's exactly what you are doing now.
So my number 1 advice is, stop hesitating and thinking to much about this whole thing, just simply go ask her out... I mean you can simply tell her, "let's hang out this weekend, I'll sort the snacks and suya while you can take care of the drinks if you want.." If she likes you, she'll agree or at least tell you when she's free. If she doesn't agree or give you silly excuse, then walk away from her immediately and move on with your life. There many fishes in the river.
Ok now...
The number 2 advice: Again back in my younger years, I went to stay with my big bro(cousin). One day, I went on date with my crush, after the date I came back home feeling happy about it, but then my big bro ask me some hardcore and harsh questions about the date with my crush... Those questions he asked me really opened my eyes at that time. Ok I have talked about this before, if you haven't read about it, here is the link: https://www.nairaland.com/6933245/how-ruined-first-date-crush
Ok, let's continue... After the incidence with my crush, One day, I and my big bro went to a banking hall together, he started talking to a lady that was close to him... The first thing he playfully said to her was, “unfortunately, you are not currently the most attractive person in this banking hall, I guess you are just the second.” As soon the statement left his mouth, the girl turn her head to looked at him very well to see the guy that has the gut to say that. She didn't respond immediately, but her facial expression was like, "what the hell did this guy just say."
I stood there confused, waiting to see how this would turn out. I was a little bit terrified, I just hoped she doesn't get upset by that statement. But my big bro was cool, calm and collected, he patiently waited for her response. I was even the one who was scared on his behalf. Lolz Few seconds later, the lady smiled politely and said, "so who is first most beautiful person here?" He said, " Obviously, can't you see, I am the person." She laughed. He laughed. Then to their conversation took of from there. After they exchange phone numbers and parted ways, I asked big bro about the scenario that just happened... His reply was, "see brother, most of these young ladies that are in their prime have big ego and entitlement mentality because lots of men are chasing after them, so when interacting with them you've got to challenge their ego."
Again, after reasoning what my big bro said, I realized he was right. Young girls of nowadays have high entitlement mentality and are too full of themselves, and that because many guys ass lick them and chase them up and down, offline and online...If you look into a pretty girl inbox, you see hundreds guys there literally pleading and begging her to accept them.
So my number 2 advice is, don't be scared challenging her ego and her entitlement mentality. When many sees a beautiful lady they like, their thoughts process is, "I hope she likes me.... I hope she doesn't reject me...I hope I don't piss her off... I hope she accepts me."
I am different from most guys in the sense, When I see a beautiful lady I like, my thoughts process is, "is she worth my time, effort and money? Well ama have to challenge her to find out."
Last week, while interacting with a lady I know, I told her I doubt if she's a good cook...that was a challenge to her ego, The next day, surprisingly, she brought a well package food for me...
The other day, a lady i was interacting with for the first time, I told her this: "you're beautiful but I just hope you're not also boring..." that was a challenge to her ego... Since then, she's one always trying to chat me up consistently.... I'm the one now who doesn't even have time for her. I won't go into more examples because of time, but I've got hundreds of intense example of me challenging ladies ego and their entitlement mentality and getting them to get with my own program.
If you want a lady to impress you, then you've got to challenge her to do so. If you compliment a girl for nothing, she's has gotten her reward and she sees no reason to please you... but if you challenge her, she will try to win your heart. Don't be guy that does nice things for girls... instead be the guy that challenge girls to do nice things for you.
Remember, if you want to really turn a girl on, then you have to risk upsetting her.
Women wish to be both the wwhore and the Madonna to their men, women are ready to be both, but it's the men who don't have the mental capacity to accept it.
With the alpha Fuccs, beta Bucks women wish to find the alpha fuccs who has the Beta Bucks - but men are most times unable to be that guy because it's hard to master sex and also master money simultaneously. A man can only focus on one at a time. Hence usually the gym rats are broke while the rich men have shiity bodies. Each man picked a struggle and focused on it.
Now, with the Madonna/Whóřė complex men once more are found lacking, but this time MENTALLY.
Men approach the issue logically. Like the situation in the picture below: When the girlfriend wanted to bring her boyfriend a chick, the boyfriend used his logic and concluded his girlfriend will later on want to bring a guy for herself. To even everything.
Men don't mind this situation per se, but not with a woman they love. No. Men want the normal and the freaky to come from different women. While women want to be both the normal and the freaky to their man.
You can bring out the hoe in a virgin and have both the normal and the freaky in one person. Nothing is stopping you but YOURSELF. Your mindset. Your logics.
Bringing out the hoe in a woman is called "turning a woman out". It's not a very common topic even in the redpill itself. But search for it and give yourself time and your efforts will be rewarded.
Turning a woman out is beyond the sexual imprint. Because many women will live and die without being turned out. And a woman will be turned out at any point whether she's an 18 yr old virgin or a 30 year old single mother or a 50 yr old grandma. You know a woman has met a man who has turned her out when she says, "it was like I was having sex for the first time", and that time she has a body count in the dozens. She has met that dick that has canceled all the others. And that man owns her soul. After him all other men don't matter. Even if she doesn't marry that guy she forever remains his slave. And this has nothing to do with dick size, the man's body whether fit or whatever,, it's something just beyond everything. Pïmps specialize in this type of shiit. Because this type of shiit, a man can only be taught by WOMEN. And Pïmps most times are taught everything by prostitutes so you can best believe they can bring out a hoe from any woman any time of day.
In closing,, on the issue of prostitutes and paying for sex,, it would be far far far beneficial to a guy to pay women TO TEACH HIM HOW TO FUCC. Instead of paying for sex,pay for SEX LESSONS. And it doesn't have to be a prostitute. The reason women flock to Players for sex is that Players know how to fucc. But Players know how to fucc cause they're fuccing a lot. Most men don't have the necessary body count to know how fucc. If you've slept with barely 10 women you won't be a master of anything. You need bigger numbers. Or you can get a woman to give you all the training you need. And to make sure she brings you to top speed consider paying her. Now, Women are the masters of sex and even an 18 yr old girl knows more about sex than an 81 yr old man. Your own young sister is light years ahead of you when it comes to knowing about sex. This is simply because women have sex more, don't pay for it, and have had the huge numbers of men it takes to understand how sex works. Unfortunately that knowledge is useless for women cause every new guy a woman dates, she has to perform a factory reset and "wipe the device" and start on a fresh clean slate by pretending to be a prude who has slept with only 3 guys and doesn't know how to even suck a dick. But best believe the knowledge is in there. That's why when a woman has hoed too much she'll start to desire a virgin guy. Cause she now wants to pass that knowledge on to another guy. She wants a student to train. Which is why prostitutes create a pïmp. The sad truth is The majority of men don't know how to fucc, they only know how to have sex. Girls are always surprised when they meet a guy who can fucc properly - after sex, one girl straight up said to me, "I thought you didn't know!". Men can't fucc, That's why many women have never orgasmed from sex. But see, men have never really had any reason to learn to be good fuccers in the first place because they impress women with money, not with sex. If a man spends on a woman to have access to the pussy, he'll be damned if he fucced her to satisfy HER. After all the work to get the pussy, a man is having sex FOR HIMSELF. No one cares about what the woman wants. All the 80% of men don't care. But now this creates a gap. Women are getting fucced a lot, but it's not the sex they're dying for. This gap is where the gigolo and the Male prostitutes come in. Ask yourself, in a world of billions of sex hungry men who'll pay any price just to fucc, why are women paying for sex? It's because all those billions of men are only in it for themselves. They don't give a fucc about what the women want. This is the typical mindset of the typical man that creates a world of sexually unfulfilled women,, and women will welcome any man who approaches them to be taught and trained in the art of sex. But will men's egos permit this?
Obara Jesus! This is one of the reasons why I follow you, you drop a lot of miseducation without creating a thread. #Maximum_respect!
NeroStealth01: If you have ever been chosen by a woman before even if it is just once, you will never ever find cold approaching interesting. It would be a great waste of your precious time.
If a woman has ever wanted you so badly before, you will know that women also SIMP in great heights as bluePILLED men. A woman who chooses you will call you every blessed day without even worrying or complaining about you not reciprocating.
If you have experienced being chosen before, cold approaching will bore you. Trying to impress a girl to like you will feel so stupid and abnormal.
You will never have to use a punch a line when she chooses you. You can do no wrong in the face of a woman who chooses you. She will hug you on the first date. If you try to kiss her she won't resist you. She won't make you wait for anything.
When she chooses you, you don't have to take her to a fancy restaurant to impress her. Merely seeing your face alone she is already impressed, to the extent that she won't even notice the environment of the first date.
When you have experienced being chosen, you will never ever deal with low interest women again.
So much to talk about so little time. With all that has been preached here, there is still a lot to be learned. If you want to do things the way you have always done it before coming to the REDPILL, then there is no reason to be here.
Can you confirm that Onyeabo means 'two people' and not something else? It is not a name native to my place, although I know quite a number of people who go by it.
For what it is worth, there is a name born in my axis which may (emphasis on 'may', because I quite simply don't know) mean the same thing as Onyeabo. It is Onyibo (contracted from Onye Ibo). Our Onyibo doesn't mean two people; it means 'second person' [See how the 'onye' is still singular?] or 'a companion'. First sons born in the youth of their fathers used to be given this name.
Now are you sure Onyeabo doesn't mean second person (assuming the 'abo' there even refers to two at all and not to something else entirely, e.g., a forested area, which is also 'abo' in some dialects)?
I never said it did. Actually it means what you said up there, are you Igbo, if you are what part?
Who exactly is this Eboe/Ibo/Igbo that you savages put in the same line as slaves if we are to go with your fallacies.
First according to you people, the riverine Igbo communities are Ijaw Northern Igbo communities Igala Western Igbo communities Bini And now Aro, Akamkpa or whatever
So who exactly is the remaining Eboe that everybody took as slaves?
Igboid once said something about the interest of other tribes in Nigeria is to annex all our lands. What have we not heard? Igbos are only in the south east, in the same south east most of Abia is Ijaw, others isoko, Anambra is igala land a whole Anambra o, Enugu is Igala and Idoma, Ebonyi belongs to the north, Imo are mostly Oru people and Oru people are not Igbo blah blah blah... smh a lot of incoherent jargons. I know they just want us to disappear from the face of the earth mana Igbo esika!
AjaanaOka: This 'Ama Onye Naabo' thing had better be deliberate trolling. I hope no one who understands and speaks Igbo takes it seriously. Who says 'onye naabo' for 'two persons'?
In what Igbo dialect is 'onye' ever used as a plural? Onye naabo. If you come from a speech area that says onye naabo instead of mmadu naabo, please indicate. Otherwise, what sort of terrible grammar is that?
The title of the thread is the way Igbos lived in the olden days, yet it is causing some people sleepless nights. If you don't like the thread just skip, if you think your tribe history isn't discussed go ahead and create one for your people not roaming around this thread dropping shît like infested flies that if squashed will come again with a different monicker but the same default shítty settings that is noticed from a mile away.
Well. I appreciate the OP for opening up the opportunity for intellectual discourse. The Europeans for all their faults really did a good job documenting things. We documented ours through oral history and arts. We lived our arts and told our stories through arts and artefacts.
Here is another example of living our arts. Compare picture 1 & 3 Compare picture 2 & 4
Here one can easily see the inspiration behind the Adamma masquerade.
I am glad we have some who still lived in our time, otherwise, they would have claimed through propaganda that we didn't own the Igbo Ukwu arts. Some of these marks and living customs helped tie some archeological discoveries to that area. Now, the Igbo Ukwu art confirmed that we have lived in that area way before 900 AD. The features on the art can be seen on us. "living fossils".
Look at that beautiful Igbo woman.
Look at the mask.
Because these things were alive, we can see the evidence of our culture and evolution as a people.