Hi. Yeah, I followed the link, and the rest of the article there regarding the Kogi was pretty good, but that 'Ellis' stuff in your original post still kinda grates on me though. I chased it around the internet for half an hour and still can't find out where it originally came from or what the back story is to it.

Having said that, the Kogi are just about my favourite people on the planet. I first heard of them back in the 80's when I was starting my archaeological career and they stayed with me ever since (The BBC docu is well worth a watch if you can find it).

I always used their society as a benchmark as to how complicated/simple/wonderful humans could be. The gourd-and-stick coca thing was my first introduction into cognitive/symbolic studies - something I've taken much further in latter years - and I thank them for that :D

In short, I think mankind does itself a great disservice if it fails to take heed of what the Kogi say. We are 'Little Brother' - and we act like it.

I've got a reading list next door (in a box), gimme a week or so and I'll dig it out for you if you'd like.