Discovery Of Cretan Tools Points To Sea Travel 130,000 Years Ago

[warrior1]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/cretan-tools-130000-years-sea-travel_n_803626.html


ATHENS, Greece — Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world's first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have found rough axes and other tools thought to be between 130,000 and 700,000 years old close to shelters on the island's south coast.

Crete has been separated from the mainland for about five million years, so whoever made the tools must have traveled there by sea (a distance of at least 40 miles). That would upset the current view that human ancestors migrated to Europe from Africa by land alone.

"The results of the survey not only provide evidence of sea voyages in the Mediterranean tens of thousands of years earlier than we were aware of so far, but also change our understanding of early hominids' cognitive abilities," the ministry statement said.

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[arcane1]

1. Thank you!

I love stuff like this :)

[Angry Dragon]

2. Had to have been on the backs of

dinosaurs while they swan the oceans

:wow: :hi:

[damntexdem]

3. Probably took the wrong off-ramp and just kept going.

Next thing they knew, they were on Crete. Didn't know how to get back, so made some tools and made a life on the island.

;-)

[gratuitous]

4. These "scientists" mean 5,999 years ago

And if Crete was ever part of the Greek mainland, it must have been 6,000 years ago.

Gosh, so hard to keep up with all the propaganda! What's a nitwit literalist to do???

[Lucinda]

5. Thank you!

Verrah interesting!

[baldguy]

6. Cretan Tools?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3_wLjLrpYJM/SnepYOr-4_I/AAAAAAAAAYw/-9y0R0p3TCM/s200/mcconnell5+%283%29.jpg

First thing I thought of.

[DeSwiss]

7. Excellent!

K&R

[EFerrari]

8. LOL

:applause:

[CurtEastPoint]

12. Best laugh today! That was my IMMEDIATE thought, but w/o the pix! WTG!!

[formercia]

9. Bought the Island from the Greeks

during a default by the Government. As a result, they tried Capitalism, resulting in another default and having to sell more islands.

[xchrom]

10. Love stuff like this. Nt

[Javaman]

11. There's no stoppin' the cretins from (island) hoppin'! nt