Human ancestors may have sailed across the Aegean Sea

Phys dot org ^ | December 21, 2022 | Bob Yirka

[SunkenCiv]

A team of researchers at the University of Patras's, OCEANUS- Lab has found evidence suggesting that early human ancestors (extinct hominids) may have sailed across the Aegean Sea.

In their paper... the group describes analyzing sea level drops in the Aegean Sea during the time of early human ancestors and the possibility of such ancestors walking over land bridges to get to what are now islands in the area...

In this new effort, the researchers challenged this theory by conducting a study of global glaciations and sea level drops in the Aegean Sea. Their work involved studying sea level markers in river deltas at multiple sites in the area. They found no evidence of sea levels dropping to the extent that land bridges would have appeared between most of the islands. Their research shows that there never was a land bridge between the mainland and the Cyclades Archipelago. They also note that prior research has shown that ancient human ancestors made their way to the archipelago. Without a land bridge, they suggest, sailing would have been their only option.

The researchers note that early sailors would not have needed the skill and thus brainpower of modern sailors—islands in the region are close enough that they can be seen with the naked eye. If the early sailors made boats, (or floated on logs) they could easily have paddled to the Cyclades Archipelago. They also note that sailors would have not only become better at sailing through experience, they would also have improved their brain power over time, as sailing requires more spatial awareness than land dwelling. They conclude that ancient human ancestors could have walked from Africa into and across the Middle East and then sailed across the Aegean Sea as a shortcut to Eurasia.

[SunkenCiv]

Sidebars:

• Age constraints for the Trachilos footprints from Crete [10/12/2021]
• Neandertals, Stone Age people may have voyaged the Mediterranean [05/05/2018]
• Controversial footprint discovery suggests human-like creatures may have roamed Crete [09/01/2017]
• The Discovery that Revealed Ancient Humans Navigated the Seas 130,000 Years Ago [2013] [07/15/2016]
• Ancient Mariners: Did Neanderthals Sail to Mediterranean? [11/24/2012]
• Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought [11/16/2012]
• Neanderthals were ancient mariners [03/02/2012]
• Cretan tools point to 130,000-year-old sea travel [01/03/2011]
• On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners [02/17/2010]
• Ancient hominids may have been seafarers [01/14/2010]
• 'Cyclops' - Like Remains Found On Crete [02/01/2003]

[SunkenCiv]

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[AlmaKing]

Phys.org is overrun with climate change hysteria.

[SunkenCiv]

The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, chrono sort:

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• Author of 'Little Women' May Have Been Transgender, New York Times Article Claims [12/28/2022]
• c. 560 B.C.E.: Aesop, fabulist [12/28/2022]
• Disease-riddled skeletons suggest leprosy and smallpox ravaged medieval German village [12/27/2022]
• Rare Dinosaur Fossil Found With Perfectly Preserved Final Meal Inside [12/27/2022]
• The World's Oldest Animations Stretch All The Way Back to Cave Times [12/27/2022]
• Little Women author Louisa May Alcott 'may have been transgender or non-binary' and her 1868 book contains 'proof', New York Times article claims [12/27/2022]
• Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages [12/25/2022]
• Conjunctions, the Star of Bethlehem and Astronomy [12/24/2020]

[minnesota_bound]

They sailed and had many adventures

[mylife]

Is Homer aware of this?

[SunkenCiv]

All the time with his Wine-dark sea, obviously he was a boozer.

[mylife]

Odyssey

[mylife]

:)

[SunkenCiv]

Odyssey much odder than we all thought!

[SunkenCiv]

upcoming topics:

https://nordjyskemuseer.dk/vikingehal-fra-harald-blaatands-tid-dukket-op-ved-hune/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/giant-hall-from-viking-harald-bluetooths-reign-discovered/145644
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/archaeologists-discover-ancient-projectiles-idaho
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-to-excavate-the-ancient-pool-of-siloam/145668
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-hunter-gatherer-social-pottery-making-wide.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-linking-soot-antarctic-ice-exclusively.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04354-0

[mylife]

On to the theory of Thira...

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD9qc44oMqU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos

https://thefutureoftheforce.com/2021/03/03/new-talos-statue-from-jason-and-the-argonauts-revealed/

[CFW]

And then again, they may have not. We can play “may haves” all day and night, but we just do not really know how and when they traveled. Artifacts may have ended up in different areas due to flooding or the changing of the tides and not by traveling people. We shouldn’t take a hypotheses and make it into absolutes. Researchers will often start with a “maybe” and soon people have dropped that part and changed it into a “they definitely did this” narrative. That’s how bits of “known” history is often found to be wrong. Plus, this entire premise is racist! (Or, at least it will be found to be so by the end of next week).

(I slept for only 3 hours and woke up and can’t get back to sleep so I’m feeling a bit bitchy here at 2:00 a.m.).

[Larry Lucido]

The cruise industry was still primitive. It was normal to lose 30 or 40 on a cruise. If the shipwrecks didn't get you, the buffet did.

[DesertRhino]

80-100 miles across, plenty of islands. Very possible indeed.

[algore]

One if by air, or two if by sea

https://en.aegeanair.com/

[desertsolitaire]

Thank you for your take on this.
No apologies needed for insommnia.
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Happy New Years to you! 😊

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt2DnqP3IaM

[SunkenCiv]

There’s nothin’ there.

The Kos volcano:
https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=212805