Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
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Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
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Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#2It's an interesting theory, but as often is the case, the title is far more definite than the content.
Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#3Also seems possible that the tools might have been moved, at a later date? I imagine a stone age person digging through some Neanderthal settlement remains, would loot any tools.
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#4Moorage fees back then? Practically nothing.
Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#5It's an interesting theory, but as often is the case, the title is far more definite than the content.
Ye no proofs at all. The feasibility depends a lot on what they mean with "sailing". I guess their use includes "rowing" and "drifting".
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#6This idea that we were only sophisticated for the last few thousand years is laughable
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#7The referenced paper on this was published more than a decade ago (2012):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03054...
Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#8I think it’s important to note that this is just showing that Neanderthal were sailing long before modern human remains of sailing were dated to - lll
Modern humans and Neanderthals (and Denisovians) coexist for about 100-150k years before modern humans basically killed them all after interbreeding.
Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#9I think it’s important to note that this is just showing that Neanderthal were sailing long before modern human remains of sailing were dated to - lll Modern humans and Neanderthals (and Denisovians) coexist for about 100-150k years before modern humans basically killed them all after interbreeding.
killed?
Re: Evidence that the Neanderthals were the first seafarers?
#10I think it’s important to note that this is just showing that Neanderthal were sailing long before modern human remains of sailing were dated to - lll Modern humans and Neanderthals (and Denisovians) coexist for about 100-150k years before modern humans basically killed them all after interbreeding.
Interspecies violence is one of a ton of proposed theories, and not a lot of evidence exists to suggest favoring one over the other.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_extinction for some of the other theories.