[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, they're called the Indo-Europeans. ;')

SHOOT RIDERS -- Coastal residents of southeastern China navigate waterways today on bamboo rafts such as this one. Island dwellers in the region took sea voyages 5,000 years ago, perhaps using similar rafts equipped with sails, researchers say.B. Rolett

[wastedyears]

Totally brings to mind Rime of the Ancient Mariner...

[hinckley buzzard]

All very interesting except that indigenous Taiwanese were negrito and austronesian, not mainland ethnic (Han)Chinese. Although Chinese fishermen and other sailors no doubt visited the island the Chinese didn't have much interest in Taiwan until the 17th century when they contested the Dutch presence there.

[DallasDeb]

Say what? You mean to tell me Earth had rising seas 5000 years ago that weren’t caused by man-made global warning? Do the slimatologists know that?