# How long can a story stay true?

**How long can a story stay true when it is only told?**

Some oral accounts seem to describe events from thousands of years ago, such as coasts that flooded at the end of the last ice age. How accurate they stay over that span is an active area of study. verify

Connects to:
- [Oral traditions](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_oral)
- [Dating the past](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_dating)

Sources:
- Nunn, P. D., Reid, N. J. (2016). Aboriginal memories of inundation of the Australian coast dating from more than 7000 years ago. Australian Geographer 47(1), 11

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_story · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#q_hist_story