[Disestablishmentarian]

The initial item will be the first recorded instance of the use of water craft. It is a lot earlier than you think. Send me your guesses as to where and when to win some trivial prize of my later choosing.

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You mean other than Noah's Ark?

Admittedly, that might be a metaphor for the transport of seed DNA across interstellar space, which is a lot more believable than loading adult pairs of every species about an ocean-going vessel.

(You can donate my No Prize to charity.)

[KittenClaws]

Admittedly, that might be a metaphor for the transport of seed DNA across interstellar space, which is a lot more believable than loading adult pairs of every species about an ocean-going vessel.
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Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Note: “after his kind”.

As example, a lion and lioness would be representaive of felines. Or maybe a male and female elephant for pachyderms.

Not so far fetched, all miracles considered.