900,000 years ago Homo Erectus figured out how to use watercraft, left some tools on Flores. That knowledge was lost for 850,000 years, rediscovered by the ancestors of the Australian aborigines 50,000 years ago, who then migrated to Australia and various other places, and forgot all about their discovery. Then, 47,000 years later (or so) the ancestors of the Polynesians rediscovered watercraft... ;')
FGS
9 posted on 09/25/2004 9:04:16 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
(ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
