Nor do the oral histories and traditions of later Polynesians offer any insights, for they turn into myths long before they reach as far back in time as the Lapita.

后来的波利尼西亚人的口述历史和传统也没有提供任何见解，因为它们早在追溯到拉皮塔人的时代之前就已经成为神话。

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In oral histories, people tell about their lives.

在口述的历史中，这些人讲述了自己的生平。

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They also help to rebut the notion that sub-Saharan Africa produced only oral histories, with little or no written records.

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Our Oral History collection continues to grow and includes the oral histories of women from World War I to the present.

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Mr Nelson has conducted extensive interviews with members of the Apollo space programme and combed through NASA archives, newly declassified CIA documents and oral histories.

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