On: ‘Seven Sisters’ Myths May Reach Back 100k Years

[Tistron]

What is the difference between your second point and "archetypes"?

[Garlef → Tistron]

The point of listing the second point was to paraphrase/summarize archetypes and contrast it to a more plausible explanation (the first point).

Here's some hyperbole explaining why the first point offers the simpler explanation.

To use the old south park meme:

1. The underpinnings of the architecture of the mind

2. ?

3. Stories resurfacing.

vs

1. narrative tradition

[sibeliuss → Tistron]

Precisely