We also need to understand that the world was one big landmass once and if the theory of one religion is true it is quite possible that Kapila had his ashram in California. The Acharya had spoken in length about the presence of the Vedic religion throughout the world. When earth was one big landmass (gondwana land) human life did not exist on earth. Now dunno if people think they came into being bcoz of some yogic powers of rishis or any such thing, but in whatever way humans came to be on earth, it sure happens to be that the species came to occur on earth eons after gondwana split. If you look into the customs and traditions of African tribes before they became Muslim or Christian one can find a lot of similarities with the Vedic religion like idol worship, sacrifices etc. There is a whole bunch of Western Indologists who say that the Vedic religion was worldwide and influenced a whole lot of other religions. what is 'vedic' may be subjectively used by diff ppl in diff ways, some class vid or 'vedic' as knowledge born of human intelligence that has existed since man has existed and will continue to exist as long as man exists, some class 'vedic' as a period of time in history such as pre-vedic or post-vedic. sure, africa is in all likelihood the motherland and womb of the entire humankind, and practices are carried by man whereever he goes. however when man moved out of africa, dunno if he had a 'religion' or was he just a hunter on the move. i opt for the latter.