Links to studies: Traversing the Kuroshio: Paleolithic migration across one of the world’s strongest ocean currents Paleolithic seafaring in East Asia: An experimental test of the dugout canoe...
As mentioned in the article, this reminds me of the Kon-Tiki expedition/experiment. Now I know Heyerdahl is a bit of a problematic figure at best, but I didn’t know this as a kid, when we were...
As mentioned in the article, this reminds me of the Kon-Tiki expedition/experiment. Now I know Heyerdahl is a bit of a problematic figure at best, but I didn’t know this as a kid, when we were building a wood model version of the raft (maybe half a foot in length).
The story seemed incredibly cool to me at the time, and to be honest, still does. This as well. It shows that early humans really could pull off these impressive feats!
Links to studies:
Traversing the Kuroshio: Paleolithic migration across one of the world’s strongest ocean currents
Paleolithic seafaring in East Asia: An experimental test of the dugout canoe hypothesis
What an interesting paper. Thanks for posting it for us to see!
YVW :)
As mentioned in the article, this reminds me of the Kon-Tiki expedition/experiment. Now I know Heyerdahl is a bit of a problematic figure at best, but I didn’t know this as a kid, when we were building a wood model version of the raft (maybe half a foot in length).
The story seemed incredibly cool to me at the time, and to be honest, still does. This as well. It shows that early humans really could pull off these impressive feats!