ping....hope all is well.
Seems to me the most likely place on earth to learn boating is a place like the coast way up north. Nature offers broad hints on how it’s done, what with large chunks of ice floating by and critters riding them.
Surfers.
The first people in America were surfers searching for the perfect wave.
“Clovis don’t surf!”
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Interesting article, thanks. It remains possible that we’ve been underestimating our ancestors abilities and intelligence for a long time. A coastal route would have taken more resourcefulness than the inland route as boats and changing environments would require inventiveness.
Ten years ago, I proposed that the first Americans came to the New World by boat, and disembarked in California, because that state used to have more tribes than any other part of North America. Go here to see what I wrote about it: http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/northam/na01a.html#Solutrean