Humans Used Boats to Reach Remote Islands 200,000 Years Ago
Some of the most interesting ancient mysteries are the ones that pertain to human origins. In this video, we'll explore a few of ancient discoveries that tell us about the human race and our origins.
1899-12-31 00:00:00 - Highly Compelling
Early modern humans appear to have been going to sea much longer than anyone had ever suspected. That is the startling implication of discoveries made on the Greek island of Crete, a modern human skull from a coastal Greek cave, and other evidence.
It was several years ago that a Greek-American archaeological team made a startling discovery – they found the oldest indications of seafaring and navigation in the world, on Crete Island in Greece.
Other investigators have speculated that these ancient mariners were Neanderthals, but we present the hypothesis that they were Homo sapiens. It is an incredibly important discovery that is given little attention, despite the fact that it reached the top ten discoveries of 2010.
The research is forcing scholars to rethink the maritime capabilities of early human cultures.
The latest thinking on human evolution is that early anatomically modern humans began seeping out of Africa through the Levant at least 200,000 years ago or Maybe even earlier.
00:00 | OUT OF AFRICA BY BOAT
03:35 | STONE TOOLS ON CRETE AND AXIOS
07:45 |APIDIMA SKULL OF GREECE
13:20 | EVIDENCE FROM THE LEVAN