Palaeontology
Early man travelled the high seas
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T.K. RandallAugust 24, 2011 ·
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Homo erectus may have travelled across the world's oceans as early as 130,000 years ago.
This idea is based on the discovery of stone tools on the island of Crete that couldn't have got there without seafaring capabilities. Until now early ocean crossings were thought to have only happened within the last 30,000 years.
A team of researchers that included an N. C. State University geologist found evidence that our ancestors were crossing open water at least 130,000 years ago. That's more than 100,000 years earlier than scientists had previously thought.
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