[Alas Babylon!]

I don't know, Bwana... The straights of Gibraltar are really, really deep. My understanding is they are so deep Nazi subs could hug the bottom and slip thru to the Mediterranean even with the Royal Navy almost on top of them. According to Wikipedia they are from 980 to 2950 feet deep.

Still, I'll bet they could have used rafts.

The Australian Aboriginals were in Australia about 50,000 BC, and there was never a complete bridge. I think the closest land approach would still require a 26 mile water journey.

The Wallace Line explains it.

[SunkenCiv]

Neanderthal Man Floated Into Europe, Say Spanish Researchers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1559199/posts

Neanderthals were ancient mariners
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2853535/posts

[BwanaNdege]

26 miles across the sea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJM61CTenss

(please forgive the flippancy )

:-)