Posted on 03/04/2025 10:25:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv
According to a statement released by Ateneo de Manila University, new research suggests that prehistoric people living in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia may have had the capability of building sophisticated seafaring boats far earlier than expected. The study challenges the widely held contention that advances in boatbuilding technology during the Paleolithic era only took place in Europe and Africa. The researchers argue that places such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste were never connected to the mainland during this period, yet somehow contain evidence of human occupation. Analysis of 40,000-year-old stone tools excavated at sites across these regions has also yielded traces of plant processing, indicating that human inhabitants were able to extract the plant fibers necessary for making ropes and bindings that were essential in the construction of sturdy boats. The skeletal remains of deep ocean fish including sharks and tuna, as well as fishing implements such as hooks and weights, also indicate that these humans had offshore seafaring skills. Therefore, experts speculate that prehistoric migrations across Island Southeast Asia were not undertaken solely by passive drifters in flimsy bamboo rafts, but by highly skilled navigators in technologically advanced vessels.
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See #41
About seven years ago they started employing one or two archaeologists and now have a varying populace of trained observers and have added some sophisticated testing equipment involving metalurgy - composition, dating, source, that kind of thing; also they have traveled to Europe to confirm some data and artifacts plus they have engaged an Archaeoastronomy expert who has dated some of the prominent large stone arrangements to approximately 1200 CE.
I have no idea if there is any treasure there and if so, whether it has been discovered and plundered; the expectation may be holding a substantial audience for all of these years. I have to admit that I have stuck with the show for some years now as I think that they are uncovering very compelling evidence of European visitation as early as the 13th century!
I admit that the evidence is not conclusive. Some folks give little credibility to archaeoastronomy; I can think of alternatives of how some ancient artifacts might have been carried to Oak Island as 'pocket treasures' and lost. Credible proof has been offered as to how the Vikings could have assisted European trans-Atlantic commerce especially by the persecuted Knights Templar.
I agree that conclusive proof has not yet been offered for pre-Columbian European travel but the exposition has been captivating and many viewers are noticing this fascinating historical anomaly.
The auto correct stuff, no coffee, and no glasses just kills me some times.
“I don’t wanna be a pirate!”
I’ve had that problem more and more as I’ve grown retired. :^) It isn’t always the autocorrect, either, I’ve got a built-in auto-screwup capability. :^D
😂🤣👍
Man, I tried to reduce that image size but it increased it instead. It reduced it and made it smaller as it should in the preview but increased it even more than the original when posted.
I did width=”70%” but it looks like it ended up +30% over the original width. Did I do it wrong? Or is there a swap of values happening?
How nice, a map with no date. I’m convinced.
Impossible. I’ve had FReepers berate me before for suggesting such.
And of course I’m so stupid. They told me so being geniuses.
/Sarc
Bearing straight my butt. 😁
There must have been a *raft* of prehistoric seafarers. :^)
No one on this thread believes for a minute that such a place existed since there are no artifacts. Its all about the artifacts, and maps, geology etc do not constitute holy proof.😇
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